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•an-uth —Tba r.ornt ht^l.lv
of I*. Owntkl**** o« 1W-
Un <VJ«sr«, publiobod iu ti» Chr-imde 4•
"of ti»H 16th Itecornbor, desaand* some notice
from ine A few preliminary remarks mav servo
t.» divert Um* sutgeet of some of tin: ammguity w;tu
which it has been invtrt«*L .
A few .Uy* after mv departure from Georg}*, Dr.
Church, taking my r#**ignrtkm em a text, pub&ffhcs a
ino#t insidious, BBproroW, and mi caned f«»t attack
on my character a* an officer. and set* himself up a*
ajuigeof the motif*!* which influ* ncci meinswr
icjr ,ny commotion with the Uuiveriity of Georgia.
The object and intent of this attack are so obvious,
flat even stranger* to both parties are struck With
astonishment ai the attempt to screen himself by
KH that be had not rri ieu to “ir*jur* the fee»-
ing* of any oik ." To repel this malignant «*•**>».
I was, reluctantly, forced to make a public exposi
tion of the prineijml cans' wliich induced me to re
sign. Thin necessarily involved a .tev.*lopmect of
soma of the most unpleasant traits in Dr. Church *
character. The point* which were brought out in
my former letter may ho arrayed under the follow
mg heads :
l. Thai thi* principal cons id'ration which intJa
encUi me in * fcierriugtbe rituatkm in New York,
wan the an p! cornu, t ness of an official association
with Dr. Church. He attempts to meet this 117 im
'pearhing my veracity.
*2. That th« f<jr<‘gotng was one of the ckirf con
sideration* which induced several other officer* to
rertgti. He do.-* not deny this:—he dares not deny
it, f*r he kr-isvn* that it is true. But he tr.es to in
validate their lertirnony bv publishing letters which
for the most part were intended for any other ob
ject tuiiii toi»i i’tf which tney are intmdiiOfcd.
That his temper is irascible, and that he is over
bearing and arbitrary in his intercourse with hi*
eedteagma*. This was proved and illustrated by *
glaring instance; viz: his conduct to Mr. Schorb.
Itr. Cnureh acknowledges that tny acoount of this
case i« substantially correct. And yet. I.'* asserts,
that tny letter is nothing more than a series of “un
s •> <.<i declarations and tintound<id insinua
tions"!
4 Tjiat be is invested with the most extraordi
nsiy pum-i, which he d«ms not scruple to use, when
ever it suits his purposes. This was .-roved and
illustrated Ivy an example. Dr. Church is perfectly
si . 1.1 ... t:;.-»poi: f, la what re*jx*>t are my decia
ra:i>>..* “unsupported ?
•i. That the standard of scholarship bus been low
erod within * f* w years part, priori pail y through
tiie tis •'*ts of Dr. t'hnrcli to admit students into
clas * for which they wore unprepared. Tuia he
flatly <i-*nies so far as the deterioration of scholar-
Os i - -it will not be necessary to notice any
Os. ftnui* iiw ‘1 ■ <■*< wnicij Dr. ( . has. directly
or Liu.. octiy, ca :ed m question. Atel/i r»t, in rela
tion to my • <wn testimeny : When divested of the
tortU’ .-* CD cumlocutio’i* incident to *p«cial plead
ia:;, Dr. Cuur* us re. - mto* import* rmtnir.g more
than t:..i : I);. testimony relative to
the uiip.-L. .-'into. :■»* of iui official a****oi:ttion with Dr.
Chur.ffi, i* ii“' cmdbte, boo iiuw? h«* ‘encouraged*
l)r .j h a:i l *urg*d tin claims’ of id* Br »lher to
b»« .mo the eolh Jigio-sof I)r. C." Had hi* pr* r/ibuh
been true, tiie aiteoipt to impeach my veracity
would have been sufficiently shallow ; but tl. truth
IS. tiie e* e-rtion that 1 nidedor encouraged either of
these geutlemou to become officers in the College,
is ,i«-! only peilectiy gratuitous, but is without the
shghU. * foundatKinin Cci. In my Brother’s ease.who
Dr *' rirw-ita, was “brought forward amt his claims
urged by Dr. CeConte," 1 absolutely dm*, oufaged him
from becoming tin applicant. But tuis point is ho
tully sustained by my Brother's letter which aj»pear
ed m your paper ol the ‘2lst of Dce«mb«*r, that noth
ing uiort; is needed. Kv try sfhtiunent in his letter
is perfectly correct. In rdereuce to Dr. Joiios’ case,
tiio following letter will spe tk for its«>ll:
Madison, (la., Dec 22,186. r >.
Dr John LoCont. —Dear Sir In a recent let
ter, Dr. Church aaserts, that vou “encouraged” me
“n - M-k the office” vacated by I*rof. Jackson. If is
but justice to suy, that you did not in any manner
encourage me to seek the place; nor am 1 aware,
ti..U you exerted your influence, in the slightest-de
gree, in my be halt. Yours, etc.
W L. Jones.”
With this testimony 1m fore them, the people of
Georgia w ill be able to judge, whether I am “testi
fyitig and truthfully,” and also whether my
reason bus been d« throned by passion.
Si ondly Dr. Church attempt* to invalidate the
testimony of the ottieers lo whom I have appealed,
bv imblishing a series of letters which have no di
n'ct In-aring on the question. fur as Prof. Me
(•. v is e-.im* ni-d, the following letter ih sutlioieut to
•iiouce all cavil.
“CoM’mbia, ft. C. Dec. 24,1865.
My D<*nr Dr. Isd outcVou ask me whether
“one of the chief consideration* that induced me to
resign” my Professorship at Athens, was “the uu
pleasnntni ** of an official association with Dr.
Cbuieh.” In reply I would slut-*, that dering my
U»ug eonnectioii ith Franklin College, 1 h;ui va
rious difficult'u s with the Doctor, in some of which
verv angrv feelings were indulged, and very bitter
words p.isscd between us. ft*une of these difficul
ties lusted for several weeks, and some for several
months. Tnev were, how ever, all terminated before
I resigned, by mutual explanationa and mutual for
giveness. It call hardly he supposed, however, that
utter such 1 e prated rcconciliatioua a cordial or hearty
good-will existed Isdwouu us. On the contrary,
although at the time of my resignation, a kind feel
ing did in fact exist. Dr. Church’s Maoon letter
•hows that he was dissatisfied with ine in three or
four important particulars. Home of these I then
knew . some I suspected ; and some I was ignorant
of. But the apprehension I folt that our recent re
conciliation would be temporary, and that our cour
teous interroum would be soon interrupted again,
was one of the main caus« * that induced me to re
sign I freely mentioned this at the* time to some of
mv Ultimate, friends at Athens; and though 1 had no
Wish to make the public acquainted with these mo
tives, 11« vou, my blend, lmve arhed me- for them, 1
cannot refuse to* eome forward ami sustain you. —
You have, therefore, my permission to state m any
way you may think proper, that‘on.- of the chief
ooiisiitoratious that induced me ton-sign, was the
extreme unpleasantness of an official association
with Dr. C hutch/ Very sincerely yours.
C. F. McCay.”
It is obvious, therefore, that the letter from Prof.
Me Cay which Dr. has published, was ail expres
sion of the generous impulse of a coble heart, over
flowing with forgiveness and charity, and willing to
to bury all past grievances at the hour of separa
tion ‘With such a manifest.it ion ot nobleness and
generosity in liis possession, how unmauly, un
kind and* cruel, was Pr Church’s attack on this
tru' rifled man, as published in the Maoon Tcl
egraph.
, in nr. Jones 1 testimony in relation to the unpleas
ant ness of an ofl'n in I nssiM'iation vith l)r. C. 11s aeause
of his resignation, is already before the public, it is
unnecessary to do more tiiau allude to it. In Air.
Hchcrb’s <nlse.it is fully a<lmittc<l by Dr. C. himself.
Perhaps it mnv prevent misappr* heusion to state that
the gross assault to which Mr. (’. allude*, oonaiatediu
the words used by Mr. Scherb, in- detailed in my for
mer letter. Here is the testiim ny of a fourth wit
iics*. wuo wa» associated tiitii 1 r. Church fur more
thuu two years:
“Savannah, Dec. 22d, 185. r *.
“ Prof. John PcCont.—Dear Sir: Since Dr.
Church has m?u tit to make a public unprovoked
attack on me, in his reply to your letter to the edi
toi* of the lo publican, l feel ut libel tv to take part
iu tho controveisy so far as to say ttmt my official
intercourse with him, though limited, •*.l be truly
charaeteri/.* <! as “unpleasant ; M because of what l
consi! r ! iraaiublc temper, and overbearing and
ntd.* ihqwulou nt, on his part, towards me. From
statements made iu my presence by thenuyurity of
the officers of Fr.uikiiu College, with whom I was as
sociated, nu t from my own observation, l laffievc
thru i -reuurs«* withfiiui was of the same nature ns
luiuc, and sprang from to*, same c-aus<*.
Yours, Ac., Thomas G. Pond.”
In r. ;ot; Mr. J ark non, ldo not know wlmtaro
h:* t . mt to©liiiu» on tui* subject; but Ido know
tiuu im won frvqiuutlv very much annoyed and pro-
Vukud bv Dr. Chmvh* conduct—that l>r. <’. did
*ugg*.*i h. vi r d member* ot the Faculty, at a bjh*-
oi*i c .u-’. • .din , in hie own limine, the propriety of
joiutng »« ;i m .1 written recommendation to the
Prudential Committee, to advise Mr. Jackson to
its. :n, which lo Faculty declined doing:, on the
ground ta.a it would not bo right or prop* r for them
to pursue eueh a cnume—and that, wuoo hi# resig
nntion. Mr. J. ha* expressed himself in the strongest
term* iu relation to the disagreeablem*** of hie po#i
tion wmh-ii member of the Faculty, and gruUlica
tion nt hie idea# • from these annoyances. Not
many month* have el.i|-cd niuee 1 saw a letter from
Mr. j., iu which he n i\ is to Dr. Church ns the main
ear.iM* ,»f these difficulties. I am, nt nresciit, unable
to triv* tdtt- of this letter. These were my
laaeoae for including Mr. Jackson in the list.
Ijivtuv, 1U urUivnee to Mr. Wood, Dr. Church
published a letter which was written about a year j
anterior to hie resigned ion, and which seems to have
heoii elicited by an otter on Dr. t.Ya part t«> center
•ouio favor. Sufficient time Ims not yet elapsed to
•uable mo to obtain Mr. \\ oOd s testimony; hut,
inasmuch as it cannot be denied that his retaliation
w s ti. > immediate mid direct result ot a personal
difficulty with l>r. Chuivh, it is hardly necessary to
lialuv this reply. If desired, it can be produced at
aom* future ti ne.
1 aw complete* mv testimony on this point, nod I
am magto h five to the decision of an impartial,
Sublie. to determine with what justice Dr. (. Lurch
*• attempted to impeach my veracity, and to heap
upon me lue terms of vitupemtwu contained iu his
Utter of the HUh of December.
I'll nil#: The List point in my letter which is
called iu question, is with reference to lowering of
the * 4 standard of scholarship” in Franklin College,
from the effort# ot Dr. Church to admit students
who w« re unpt tqvwed. That helms, within the last
two ymus. made such effort*, and with more or less
aucci'**, w ill ant, I presume, be denied by any o!
hi* o«*lh-agues. Whether the natural and Ultimate
resnit of such a course has followed, is, of course, a
nuttier of individual opimon. The only proof he
gives to the contrary is, that during the term fast
closed, •*!, greater number of applicants have been
reject*! for want of adequate preparation” It is
plain mat such a result would be the natural conse
quence of the large proportion of unprepared npp i
ennt* which such a reputation would bring to the
Col • gc. If otherwise, his colleague* may cougr&t
ulat* themselves on being more t'u.tu usually suc
cessful in Tx-sistiug his efforts. and will, uo doubt, W
•urprisc 1 to find him endeavoring to make cajniai
out of a rc*uit which he used every meaus to deteat.
But Dr. Church r.iKwu# to make additional
changes against me. lie kssc -* that I wo* *' ex
oecdiiuriv desirous” ami tA begged** to be permitted
to be associated with him during a portion of the
ye.tr, ** and that too at a reduced salary.*’ With the
•viden 'o adduced bv mv bruUit r before the public,
in relation to uiy real framing* and views on thi* point,
it is scarcely accessary to dwellon it. It is proper
to state, how eve*. iu explanation of an expression in
the • 'ter quoted by my brother, that iu;u..rs of Dr.
ChurchV iutouded* resignation had been current;
and, iu fact, thai IV. C himself had tokl me, a few
days before my resiguatiou, thalhc was oesirous of
r*urmg to n farm. The snggeauou l made to Dr.
llooi*i iui n ; igi-vxfe trtlk we; and l distinctly
told him m at our ti interview. Toe fact* are
t be*e, and they can be sub*lanUa T ed by several per
*oa» ia A then* • As • «x»a ius my u u nthw. of rt signing
became known, several of the best friends of the
College expre -ed to niv a strom; dcsirr that 1 should
bcriieintu in conuection with the Institution in
•mue capacity, which would u ■: intern re with uiy
duties ittJiew-York. No one, of course, imagined
that tisi* could be done ofht rwis • than as ou brugw
Uu me tuber of the eorry v>f in*trvie* or*. Moreover,
the day preceding my tirst interview -.' ith Dr M- ore,
and before my n's'urnatiou was h.meted in. the Chfiir
mnnol tim Ifrudvi.t'.al Committee, after a protracted
consultation with Dr. Cnurch, s»mt me the fcttowiug
latter:
- AIH£W. Gju, Sept. l?th, 1553.
Str .-—I have oaUcd a meeting of the l*ni
dcnual Committee R»r Mnotrow n- ..aiugat mue
o’clock, upon the subject of y>mr rcnv>vnl U New
York city. ShouM' • u have any other views than those
meni i. nwi to me yesterday, or *i, Hi>d you deaiiy to
s<h tne Committee iu person, yoa w .U plc.»*e consider
this an invitation to act accordiitriy. It ha* ocvur
red to me that we arc likely U> be a»si.*htl iu th«*
cew»papcrs in view of your reßgtt&tiou, ai»d thr.t
you uught render n* S‘»»ik sendee by writing me
a short note, stating w bother you were d:saatj»ned
with your salary hen and I also desir t<‘ enquire
if vou oouM be fe«lnfH to remain, it vr*ur *aia:x
wore raised from f.V.<W to f^.500. and Lave your
hou»« free of rent. Pk*a*e «’>w or this, if ceujvcui
«ut, thi* afternoon, or at farthest by our mK liug in
the morning Yonr». truly,
W*. L. Mn.KEi.L.
l)r John LeConte, Pit-f. Nat. l*U«l. and * ’.eai.”
To this 1 replied by slating thiu I wou'. i mat the
Conn; i.tee at iia appuintcu hour, at which tee 1
would j vc an dpportmuity of explaiuifitf :uy xiew*
iu pe: r .a. Ivegu.. <kr.g the letter tv* an ex
jm ;e.~ . >a of ti d* sire to retain me in exuauev Uou witn
the Co.lege, i doctni d it nothing more ti.au a mani
frsU' .on of my iutereal in her wemu e to i v peal to
Dr. .M«*orethe sugges.ioxji v'hich had been rv.de to
xn*. Suca a coa-ectlon with the Cohtge dni m>t
Involve an official tu»*ociath»u with Dr. Chunk, and
there is .ugin it inooiwiatcut witn the view* I
have e^-preeoed.
The charge wade by Dr. 0., that 1 was one of a
“fauiiiv clique,” is both grauutou# and puerile. Tic
teeiioioay of my b-oihei uuu Dr. Joae* prove* tha*
it i. wilJiOU! t'.u: shudow of louiib uoii in f;«< i. It i*
simply the fig uiv.nl of a tugirfaf isiud. The un
pl».*.t;,t trait* «*f Dr. C'luucli'* character were fell
and W a *aUr vi less extent, by ai
most fcvsrv offioar 1 and that there should be some
d; grec of ucaiumity of opinion on this point is not
astonishing.
The insinuation which Dr. C. tlirowa out, that I
was instrument*! in “ keepii.g the impression’
that the salaries in Franklin College are inade
quate, is ne t true. On tii« contrary, 1 have always
told my intimate friends that such an idea was er
roneous, and only tended to screen the true can**-
of disoontcut among the officers, from the public
mind.
Next, Dr. C. intimates that thorn existed “private
griefs” between us. and that 1 entertainoa “long
oheriabe'i and bitter f*<elir»g»” towards him. Tbe*e
tcrois do not convey * idee of the real
state of feehag on my "part His overbearing con
duct to the officer*, and his repeated exercise of ar
bitrary authority, did excite in me fof*Umr*of disgust
and indignation—Dut nothing more. Ho long ;i* I
was able to mam tain term* of official civiiry, it
v.as merely a qu<«L*m of endurance how long such
annovsTjces could be withstood For some years
past, 1 have wished to resigXi, but preferred waitieg
until another situation was <w»en tonic.
Dr. C. think* that 1 “wa* bound to have
rweferred charge*” against him to the Trustees. Thii*
n question of propriety in which I te*g leave to
•iitfar frt>m the DocUrr. fturh a course would have
been mauifestiy Hhsnrd. Bnt srhaftever view l»e ta-
ot it, is sufficier.tly ebviotia. that if I>r. C. has
given a real andeinoc-*- portraiture of my character,
h»i was “o fortiori bound “to have preferred
chargert” against me.
V\ non my character is uniostly assailed, I iliall
not shrink from my doty, whatever may be the
quarter from which rh'- attack proceeds, or however
repugnant to tny feelings may r e the ta-k. When
the whole truth is known, I do cot fear tic* verdict
winch the people of my native State will render.—
Into their hands I commit my veracity and iny
honor. “Fiatjuttitia runt cal am
John LfConte.
P. H.—Will sneb papers ns have published Dr.
Church’s letter rh-e*” give thin an insertion ?
J Lr.C.
Cbr»-»«. m*.
The recent recur, v.j a. cf tni* no’.lnlay elicited the
following beautiful and eloquent article from the
pen of tiie gifted Prentice, of the Louisville Jour-
Ch hist mas.—Hfjine Xcw Englander has said that
Thanksgiving i* more ••fp rlallv the festival of the
East, and C.iris tin a* that 01 tar. South and West.
1: the remark iijunt, ii* it probably i*. we think the
South and Wert should be content with its import.
f)f all our heart and home festivals, Christinas is,
beyond question, the most heart-felt and home-felt.
It* spell i* by stir the sweetest and strongest and
mom delightfully human that sways the social heart.
There is none that i* like iL Tnanksgiving is im
pressive and full of splendid unction, but its lofty
solemnities, though a* beautiful as they are reverent,
Hubdtn* and chasten the spirit with & sense of un
wonted awe and grandeur. The shallows of the
unseen repress the trembling fountains of merely
human joy. It is rather the festival of the soul, and
leflr -:- th< soDcrcd light of Heaven. The New
Year is brimming with hilarity, and crowned and
glowing with the rainbow of exultant hope, but it
kindle* the imagination and the fancy rather than
the «.< art. It* joy* are bright and sparkling, but
ov an< scent. Caristuuis hi ue < o.ne« peacefully and
deliciously home to the inmost heart. It comes as
morning comes to the East—a* a great and touching
truth tvj.-n«*s to the soul—as Christ came into the
world—softly, mildly, searchingiy, joy fit hv, tri
umphantly. It penetrate* and possesses the whole
nature with a sense of rich and pure and complete
delight. It does not awaken simply a fervid ado
ration or a sportive rapture ; it inspires a pervading
deep-felt human beatitude, such as the heart clasps
in the golden years when life is fresh and mantling.
There is, in brief, a sort of sweet perfection, of ex
quisite keeping, iu the joys of Christina*, that com
pletely transcend* tie- caann of all other festal joys.
1 hey ravish the heart with a sense of soft, bewitch
ing lube ** that cs nothing to be longed lor and
nothing te be regretted. They pour over it as the
morning sunbeaui* pour over the earth, overflowing
its deepest capacities, and gilding even its eloua
biuchingsuininils with loveliness. They are clearly
the true festive expression of the heart of a people
whose blooming social affections form the crown
and ornament of a world of virtues.
But, alas ! tte-ro are those, even in the South and
West, to whom tho gonial festivities of Christmas
bring no joy or glad no** or peace ! We do not speak
of the sorrowing children of affluence, though, here
iih elsewhere, there are doubtless high hearts steeped
iu wretchedness, and aching bitterly for “the dark
house and the long sleep." vVe do not refer to these.
Theirgrii tis sacred. They are beyond the loudest
consolations of thi* wot la, and must look trustingly
to Heaven, whither we tenderly commend them.
But there are other hapless ones, steeped to the lip in
lefts irremediable forms of wretehednep*, to wnoin
the joyous spectacle and the merry revelry of Christ
um* seem and arc but a heart-rending mockery. We
of course allude to the dear sous and daughters of
poverty, tiiat large and comfortless and uDiauitoas
Kindred, who, though knit to out sympathies by the
strong tio* of a common nature and a common desti
ny, too often, in the? liosoin of the most humane and
benignant communities, languish in consuming
misery, and perish from the earth unnoticed.
Ordinarily, and most unfortunately, the poor, if
harsh calamity ha* not utterly sear* <1 and stupified
them, experience the most acute and harrowing an
guish on those bright convivial occasions that shed
mirth and sunshine through the hearts of the fortu
nate. The wild bursts of merriment and the beam
ing glances of joy serve only to illumine tiie gloomy
depth* of their own privation and di-spmr. The
joys of the favored but tantalize them, hh the felici
ties of heaven tantalize the damned. This is un
happily their accustomed fate, but there are a thou
sand beautiful and resistless reasons why it should
not be their fate to-day. We shall adduce but a sin
gly one, the most beautiful and resistless of aIL Can
it be forgotten that Christmas commemorates the
advent of Him who was on earth the especial friend
ot the poor and the afflicted, and who is now their
especial intercessor in heaven f It is, in a most
touching sense, their festival. It celebrates the an
niversary of tiie birth-day of their Inieoin friend and
mediator. It is consecrated in literature ami life by
the reflection of their simple joys. It is to them n
bow of promise glitti ring on the brow of the Here
utter. Surely the characteristic enchantment of
Christmas is shorn of it* richest lustre if the poor are
forgotten or omitted in the graceful rites of tho fes
tival. Christmas is not Christmas without a glorious
prolusion of beneficent deeds that shall transform
the destitute and needy who move athwart its
brightness into glowing (if still quickly fading) pic
tures of delight. It would be a sail and mournful
thiug if the poor should obscure the light of “ Merry
Christmas” with their sighs and tears. It would bo
us though the gorgeous sun at even should sink ex
tinguished by the clouds that fioat into his sen of
glory. ’ .
Then,gentle reader! scatter wide and thick your
charities on this biih-duy of the Savior of the poor.—
While disporting in the luxurious observance of
( hnstmas, diffuse the transport of your own spirit to
the clouded and drooping spirits around you. Bless
and eiiliveu the poor. Lot their pinched hearts and
boards beam with good cheer, let the Christmas-tree
spring up and overshadow their humble hearth
stones, as if by some mrurie akin to the sweet niyste-
IV of the dav* an*l IH me iittle ones (lock gleefully
beneath its branches end iralher, with its clustering
tokens, a fruitful sen of the vitality of that spirit,
which Christ brought inti* tic v ,rM, and left ns his
most precious and ’beautiful gift to man. Wo hear
tily wish all our readet* the “ Merry Christmas"
which such fiue humanity will purchase.
The Opou Toiur Sen.
The American Geographical and Statistical Socie
ty of Now York held a meeting on Thursday evening
to hear the conversation of Dr. Kune on the scien
titie result* of his late expedition. The distinguished
voyager, on reaching the University, found instead
of only thepneinbera of the Society, (with whom ho
expected to have a free and familiar conversation in
their rooms,) that a large and highly intelliget audi
ence had assembled in tlu* chapel of the building, in
expectation of hearing an address, for which he had
not specially prepared himself. The Doctor, not
without reluctance, yielded to the entreaties of the
Society to appear before the audience, and occupied
an hour in an interesting address, which was inter
spersed with highly thrilling incidents. In the course
of his remarks Dr. Kune spoke of the Open Polar
Sea :
We found before us a r n Id of ice, and over this we
found an open water, which has siuce been called
the open Polar Sea. This water appeared iceless.
It whs apparently without ice. Not a particle of ice
lined it* shores. At an altitude of3oo feet us farad
we could see, an open see met our eye. A gale of
long duration swept over this water, but brought no
drift with it. All animal life resorted to these waters
The seal was shot upon its shores, «nd the duck re
sorted to it from every direction. We could not tell
the exact tempratwre of this water, but it was warmer
than any water found below, luspeoking of this sea
I can with propriety, speak of tide streams. This
term is known to the Russians and Danes. —
The abrosures of the tide sometimes leave an
open space iu the sea. The opposite of Green
land remained to be explored to complete
the circuit of Smith Sound. We had here gone
over the route of over 2,000 miles. It is hardly
within the province of a geological lecture to give
the details of our cruise. Upon getting bark to our
winter harl>or it was quite evident that our little
veest 1 could not escape. She had then nine feet
of sotide ice under her bows, the result of oue
winter’s freezing.
When wo resolved to leave our vessel in prefer
ence to starving or submitting to the dangere from
the natives, we found an unbroken barrier of eighty
miles to the south. Os the policy of leaving our
voss* 11 need not speak. Our sledges were cut from
the vessel and our boats were placed upon these
sledges, and thus we commenced our voyage to the
south. The Esquimaux native*, I must say, at first
our enemies, were now our firm friends and gave us
assistance, helped carry our sick and lent or gave us
their dogs when mue gave out, and died from what
appeared to be the lock-jaw. We had to depend
much upon our guns to provide us with food. At
ti’ii.-s, during this journey, affairs looked extremely
drenrv. But there was uo portion of the time that
w e were oppressed by hunger. We were there com
pelled to consume more food than here. Bight ducks
I** diem is there an ordinary allowance. But when
approaching Melville bay we were threatened with
want: but before we grew nungry a seal was seen
upon the ice, and, killing this, we were supplied with
ail the food wo wanted. We finally ogam reached
Uppernavic. and there tirst heard of the kind notion
on the part oi*our government fbr<‘ur assistance. I
shah never forgot the manning ol the rigging, and
three hearty cheer* that welcomed us back to social
life and love.
A gentleman here asked how far north the Esqui
maux wore tbamL
Dr. Kane said he had found them at 78.20. The
Esijuimanx were a migratory people. He had seen
the*r huts beyond that—at* tne highest point they
reached.
Q. How far north have yon found the reindeer ?
Dr. Kane—-As far as w« went we found the rcin
deer.
Mr. Brancrotl—How do you account for this opea
water f
Dr. Kane—We can only consider it incident to a
great open area at the Pole, oi at a point farther
non h.
Alderman Oharnoy—D H possible.in vonr opin
ion. to reach this open sea with boat* and explore it 1
Dr. Ktuic—That is coming rather near borne. I
tried ss hard as I could to reach it. but failed
f Laughter.) l only get an India rubber fa»at there.
I think, with * l'ropt-r organisation, however, it
might be reached, and 1 have no dioibt it will yet
be reaei.ed and be explored. [Applasuse.J
The First Russian Newspaper.—'The first Rus
siau newspaper was published in 1703. Peter the
Great iwt duy took part per>*m*lly m its ediorial
tMmpoertiou. but ia correcting proofs, as appear*
from still in existence. «»u which arc marks
and altecarioo* in Li-* «*wn hand. Tuere arc two
eompkrte copies of the first gear's edition of this
nexisitaper in the Imperial Library o. St IVters-
HurgL. Tilty are tbf* only two which have boon
praerved; aad oa ocvasleu of the oeutenuiel cele
bration of the University of Moscow, on the 24th of
January la>t, the I>irector of the Library. Baron
Mode>t Von Korff. produced a faithful reprint of tiie
jonrual thus edite-i and corrected. It forms an oc
tavo volume, on-* corAcLus also c hisiary of Russian
nea-epaja‘r literal cn\
(One of the tiMest r-- v-rs ;a Northern Europe
is toe official Gwrtie of Sw v s^~ . *J* och Inritet
Jnl >»ta-’. It wastowtwWd in 1 •’**. during the reign
of Christina, tr.e d:tighter of Onstavue Adol
phns tho Great, and tb« presort year is, without in
terruj-tiou, its two 1 aodrui and ck venti anniversa
ry.}—Stockholm A f S-r. 15.1555.
n>/f ring —lriit »: ou at 'nee; winter or
summer, ih.thing better can be worn next the skin
than a loose, red, woolen, fiaiinel shirt; ** loeae,” for
it ha* room to move on tin skin, thus caus iug a titil
lation which tiraws tlie bkxai to the surface and keep*
it then', and when that is the case no one can take a
cold : “ red.” for while fiauucls hills up. mats togeth
er. and become* tight, stiff, heavy, and ixnncrv»us.
Cotton vo> 4 merely absorb the UKMeture trom the
•arface; wuk aroolea flannel conveys it from the
skin and dtqtoaif* it in drone on the outside of the
shirt, from w*dch the ordinary cotton shirt al«eorb* k;
and bv its nearer exq *»ure to the exterior nir, it is
soon «i. ied witoout injury U» the body. Having these
prop* rtfae, re<l woolen ’ttaunol is worn by sailor*
eveu ia the mid-emnmer of the hottest countries. —
Wear s thinner mau-rial in summer. —Half t Jour
nal of Health.
Captain Abe! D« F- ru»t, a aoldierof the Revolu
tion, eded at iknghauipton on the 24th ult, aged 94
years «nd 8 mouths. He was, for a time. Captain of
a Weal India vessel, and he who afterward* became '
Commodore Hull, wo* one of hi* hand*.
Correspondent of the Baltimore Amencan.
TIIIIiTY-FOt KTH CONGREaS-lst. Soseioa.
Washington. Jan. 5.
The Senate was not is session to-day.
HOUSE
Mr. Etheridge said that the action of the Houle
demonstrated two propc-kioua. First, that the gen
tleman voted to have enthusiastic friends Socbnd
ly, that if either be elected he will not decline the
BOD'- r nf theooair, and ho did not brtiev* that any
saoeoseful aandidate would no oendnat hinwelf as to
oooaaior: jurt reprehension <>f thie dfioiat eondaet.—
In the proooni ooDditiou of the public mind it w >uhi
be imari'nu to the ootUilrr to ©loot i-rt a
gontieaian wh<» is the omDodiment of the extreme
feniimont of either section. He therefore proposed
a* a oompromi»e Mr. Milison, of Virginia was
opposed to the alien suffrage feature in the Nebras
ka oil!—voted against its passage, and was not in
the Dcr.i'Xratic caucus that nominated M.r. Hichard
bm. He appealed to moderate and conservative
men to a***!*: him in putting an end to this strife.
Mr. Millson was surpris#*-! his name had been an
couneed for that position, and requested Mr. Ethe
ridge to witkdiaw the nomination for reasons per
sonal t-> himself He had been associated with h>
Democratio friends in an earnest effort to elect Mr.
Richardson, and the proj»smon placed him and his
friends in an attitude neither wished to assume.
Mr. Etheridge remetontiy withdrew his motion.
Mr. Stephens opposed Mr. Broom’s resolution,
considering it wholly impracticable, and he review
ed with disapprobation the principles of the Ameri
can party.
Mr. Brown did not aaree with Mr. Etheridge to
decend from their exalted position and pursue th*
course suggested. Let all who were elected on f V
paramount issue ©f Americanism come t^ - >r and
agree on a candidate, or let the House ad**; t *r<?
resolution which he now offered, namely . That the
friend* and supporter? cf tee prominent candidates
for the Speakership, be requested to withdraw them
from the future action of tne House, and the mem
bers representing different parties in the House
meet together, each party appointing a committee
of five, with a view of selecting a conference can
didate for Speaker.
A debate then ensued on the principles of the
American party, when the resolution of Mr. Brown
was laid on the table.
After thi* two ballot* were token, Mr. Banks’
vote being 105 on the first anil 98 on the second ;
Mr. Richardson’s 72 on both ; Mr. Fuller's 32 on the
first and 29 on the second ; and Mr. Pennington’s 6
on both.
The House then oi^journed.
IN SENATE Jan 7.
Mr. Brodhead called up hi* resolution directing the
Committee of Finance to inquire into the expedien
cy of reporting the general appropriation bills, or
adopting more speedy action on them, to avoid the
evil of night session* at the dose of each Congress,
and scene* which a sense of delicacy prevented
him from describing. He wl* in favor of doub
ling the compensation of members, and shorten the
session.
Mr. Clayton said he had no doubt of the power of
the Senate to originate those bills. Twenty-seven
years ago, the bill referred to was as great as now,
no measures having ever been taken competent to
arrest it.
Mr. Toombs did not think this the true remedy.
The difficulty was occasion<*d by the large number
of amendments tnckenon by bolu Houses at a late
period of the session.
Mr. Seward said that while favoring the resolu
tion, he would not commit himself to the propriety
of tiie remedy proposed.
After further debate the resolution was adopted,
and the Senate adjourned till Thursday.
HOUSE.
The House again proceeded to vote for Speaker,
a* follows : Bank* 101 ; Richardson 73 ; Fuller 29;
Pennington 6 ; scattering 5. Necessary to a choice
108.
Three more votes wej© taken, the last with the
following result: Banks 09; Richardson 72; Fal
ter 30 , Pennington 9 • Orr 2 ; Messrs. Williams,
Millson Porter and Bennett, 1 each. Numbor ot
votes cast ‘216. Necessary to a choice 109.
Before the result was announced Mr. Eustis, of
Louisiana, rose to a personal explanation, stating
the position of the American party in that fttate. llu
said that they repudiated the eighth section of the
Philadelphia platform, considering it odious to por
soout© any man on account of hi* religion, which was
a question between the individual and his God ; and
rather than do so, would suffer his right hand to
wither;— nor would he be connected with any party
having in view such a direct mirpose.
Mr. Smith, of Alabama, differed from tho gentle
man, anri denounced Roman Catholicism, because
spiritually, temporally, and politically, the adherent*
to that faith owe their allegiance to the Pope above
the Constitution. He appealed to gentlemen to say
whether, from the beginning Roman Catholic Priest*
in their assemblies have not always thrown their in
fluence against liberty and on the side of power?—
Tiie American Party do not wago a religious pro
scription.
Mr. Taylor, of Louisiana, referred to the records
of history to show that during the French Revolu
tion the Roman Catholic Priests joined the people
against the nobles, and gave motion and power to
the popular element which achieved freedom in
France.
Mr. Walker, of Alalinma, differed from the views
expressed hy his colleague (Mr. .R. Smith.) If
he thought that proscription for religion’s sake was a
feature of the American Party he wonld cut himself
loose from such an organization.
Ad ineffectual motion was made that the ITouso
adjourn li'l Wednesday next—yens 101, nnyH 10'.
After some further debate anothor motion was
made to adjourn over until Wednesday, which was
successful.
Washisotos, Jon. 9.
Tho Senate was not in session to day.
HOUSE.
Mr. Smith. ofTenn., proceeded to defend the De
mocratic parly and tho President from the charge
tiiat they are responsible for tho non-organization of
tho House.
Mr. Whitney defended the eighth section of the
Philadelphia platform, declaring that the American
party was not against individuals, but against tho
systems and principles of the Romish Church.
Mr. Knight offered a resolution to elect a Speaker
bv a plurality vote—tabled by 11 majority.
The House then, for tho 99th time, proceeded to
vote for Speaker, with the following resultßanks
07; Richardson 72; Fuller 33; Pennington 7; Scat
tering 5, necessary to a choice 108.
During tho voting various gentlemen defined
their positions, several of them vainly endeavoring
to draw out Mr. Banks to say whether he is now a
member of the American party.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, referred to a letter written
by Mr. GkWings, in the Ashtabula Sentinel, stating
that it was fairly dedueible, from its tenor, that he
(Mr C.) wished to got tho vote for himself as a can
didate for the Speakership to a point gratifying him
personally in order that he might retire honorary
from the contest.
Mr. Gidtfmgs exculpated Mr. Campbell from sue.,
an imputation.
Mr. Campbell,' of Ohio, boldly challenged any
friend to say that such was his desire, lie also de
fended himself from the charge in the New Y ork
Tribune of being a “dough-face,” stating toat he
had ever, on principle, opposed the extension oi
slavery ; and he challenged all mankind to prove the
contrary. He avowed in strong terms hi* devotion
to the principles of die American party.
The House again voted twice—the last vote stand
ing : Bunks 92, Ricluu'dsoji 6b, I? idler 28, Penning
ton 6, scattering 5. , . . ,
Mr. Galloway during the voting, read a telegraph
ic despatch from tiie twenty-nine Republican and
American Senators in the Ohio Legislature, approv
ing the course of the majority of tne. Congressional
delegation from Ohio in voting for Mr. Banks.
Mr. Moore said he supposed the despatch was read
to whip iu recusants. He believed that he truly rep
resented tho 10th district of liis State m not voting
for Mr. Banks. , ~ , .....
Mr. Harrison said he had nothing to do with the
Republican Americans, lie was elected alone by
the true American party.
A desultory debate here followed, involving the
political positions of various gentlemen.
Two more votes were taken—the last resulting :
Banka 92, Richardson 67, Fuller 29, Pennington 6,
scattering 4.
Mr. Etheridge moved that the House adjourn till
Saturday—negatived.
Mr. McMullen moved that the resolution restrict
ing moiiibi to ten minutes in debate be repealed.
He was opposed not only to this gag, but to starv
ing gentlemen into an election. [Laughter.] Tho
motion was tabled.
[At this point members were going out for re
freshment*, and preparing for a long siege—good
humor prevalent among all.]
Various ineffectual efforts were made to ad
journ. ~ , , .
Mr. Bowie said—we are in a midst of a revolution
—bloodless ns vet—and invoked the spirit of pat
riotism to rise superior to surrounding circumstances
and relieve the House from the reproach of being
unable to organize. [His remarks were serious but
comic, provoking excessive merriment.]
Mr. Meacliam objected to the gentleman pro
ceeding.
Mr. Bowie said that no man, while the House was
disorganized, hail a right to object. lie would not
sav, cast pearls before swine —but waste the
sweetful fragrance of your voices on tiie desert
air. [Laughter.] He 'then discussed the slavery
question. #
A motion was made to adjourn at 11 o clock, nega
tived—yeas 35, nays 159. z~w
Mr. Sneed offered a resolution Mr. Git
be requested to take the chair till a Speaker is
elected. This was Laid on the table by one ma
joritv.
At 12 J o’clock the House was still m session with
no immediate proepoect of coming to an election.
IN SENATE January 10.
The Senate met to-day. Several memorials from
naval officer*, complaining of the injustice done to
them bv the retiring Board, were presented.
Mr. 11 redhead concurred with the Secretary of the
Navy that a remedy may be afforded iu case*
where errors of judgment nave deprived the coun
try of the services of meritorious officers. He trus
ted that the committee on naval affairs would give
the subject the consideration which it# importance
merits. ,
Mr. Mason said that the services of competent
and gallant officers of Virginia had been di#j>enscd
with bv the Navy Board. The innocent had been
confounded with the guilty. The Board look* like
a court which condemns first and heara after
wards. .
He supposed that there has been a
tion of tht- law ; and he was disposed to think that if
the committee on naval affairs were to undertake to
make inquiries into the correctness or incorrectness
ot uie sentence of the Board, in particular coses, they
.. - aid find it a djfficult task to restore theniernio
rioits without having them under a cloud of original
conviction. , , , _
Mr Hale presented tfco memorial of George A.
Stevens, late Master in the Navy, praying redress.
He moved to refer it to the committee on the judi
eiarv—and contended that the law under which the
Board acted is unconstitutional, because it violates
all the great principle? for the preservation of pro
t>er v and personal right? ; and is ex post facto in it#
operation. He severely criticised the action of the
Board, which seemed to act on the principle that the
less time person? are in the Navy the better ; a:*d
the higher they go up in grade the more corrupt
they become.
The action under that biH was perfectly abhorrent
to everv principle of justice.
Mr. Jones, ot Tennessee, thought that the first step
to be taken was to procure the report of the Board
and tiie testimony iu the ca?e ; for which purpose he
had heretofore offered a resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Navy for the Acting iu
the dark! he very much feared that the Senate was
sassing into errors similar to those they were disposed
to condemn. The statute I* a good one, but ha# ,
been wicked!v perverted from i:# true purpose■. con- j
trarv to law and justice. If the Board acted without ;
testimony its members were “doubly damned.” He j
condemned the Board a? a secret conclave—worse .
tk&u the Spanish inquisition. Without a note of ,
warning, officer* of the Navy hftu their heads entou i
and were di."uonored and disgraced.
Mr. Hale said he would shortly introduce a biu i
repeal the law under which the Navy Board was
created. |
Mr. Broadhead believed if injustice has !**en done 1
to any of the officer* the reeponsibility rest* on Con- !
gross ami not on the Navy Board. In a majority of
casr* the Board can fully «u*tain itself ar.d he thought
in Uie investigation the Board likewise ought to have
a kerning.
Mr. Bemamait said that if wrong has been done it
is chargeable in n great measure to Congress. He
thought that the Secretary of the Navy made r- inis
take in reeouum noing to*the Preeident of the United
State? the adoption of tne action of Uie Board in
toto. The remedy lie* in the Executive, who pos
*o**e# Uh* *pu**inung power. Congres*k*nal legis
lation would inappropriate, ineffective and would
do more harm than good.
Mr. Mallory doiended the action ol the Navy
Board and justifW th. conduct of the President and
the Secretary of the Navy iu the premise*, saying
that the act was very noeru'. iu its provisions toward ,
those wb • are affected by its operation.
Mr Touoev thought it premature for the Senate
either to condemn or to approve the action of the
Navy Board. He doubted not it# members acted as
honorable men, and whatever may be done, their .
intention? were to promote the beat interests of the
pubii* service.
Tae •subject was here* informally passed over.
Oa motion of Air. Clayton it was
HcsolrcJ. That the President be requested, if
compatible with the public interest, to comnmnicate
to the Senate a copy of Lord John Roane ß’# letter to
Mr. Cramproo, dated January 19th, 1853, in which
the British Government declared they intended to
adhere strictly to the treaty of Washington, of April
19th, 1350, and no? to assume any sovereignty, di
rect or indirect, in Centra! America.
As er an executive session, the Senate adjourned
till Monday
HOUSE.
At one o'clock this morning Mr. Paine made an
ineffectual motion for Mr. Orr. and then for Mr.
Smith, of A!ah ma, temporarily to occnpv the chair
tiS a Speaker he elected. Incidental discussion fol
lowed. invo’rlng the merits of Know Nothingiam,
Roman Catbolkasm. and other snbjaots.
Two mors rotas wsrs %hsc takso, the last as fol
low* :
Banks 89, Richardson 02, Fuller 27, Pennington t,
Mattering h—necessary to a choice 94.
Much time was oonsamed in calling ths roll on va
rious questions, including motions to adjourn. Ma
ny gentlemen sleeping or dozing in their seats and
on sofas, were roused by their brother members on
guard, when their votes" were required.
Several members stigmatised the scones enacted
during the night as disgraceful. They said thoy
would Se willing to star here for hours longer if they
thought any good coula be effected, but under the
circumstance*, they thought it better to go homo
an i end the farce.
! Mr. Winsiow moved that the House adjourn until
Friday.
Democrats in giving their reasons for voting in
the normative on the motion, notwithstanding the
resolution of their canons not to adjourn or take a re
o i till the election of a speaker . said that they had
tfcns resolved in good faith, in order to give the ma
j ;-:ty i.n opportunity to organize. Having had a
fatiguing thsv were now satisfied of the im
prnciio»oiUty of tbe experiment.
, Air. jLc.cher said he w&* perfectly satisfied that
| the nn^ f ,. r sos some colored Republicans for the
• kingdom of heaven, was better now than the elec
! ->f a Speaker, of which there is no earthly pro-
I bahi ity.
i Mr. Etheridge remarke<l that the democrats had
defeated *■ n o xranization bv taking the rcsponeibili-
I ty of holding one hundred and fifty other men in
chait.%
Mr. Bowie replied, saying that the Americans
have the power to organize by uniting on the De
mocratic candidate for Speaker. Let them come up
and save the country.
Mr. WasUbnme, of Maine, defended the republi
cans from the charge that they are responsible for
the failure of the House to organize.
Mr. Lindley had seen no digraoeful acts, but mere
ly good humor, produced by several gentlemen in
debate.
After some remarks from Mr- Giddings, the House
then, at 8$ o’clock this morning, adjourned to Fri
day by 10 majority.
Rater from Europe—Arrival of the Canada.
Halifax, Jan. 12, M.—The steamer Canada with
dates from Liverpool to December 22d is below com
ing in.
Halifax, Jan. 8,3, P. M.—The Canada has ar
rived.
Affairs in the Crimea remain unchanged. Both
armies arc in winter quarters.
The aspect are in winter quarters.
Idic news by the Canada is simply a confirmation
of the rumors, by previous arrivals, of peace nego
tiations. and speculations concerning the mission of
Count Eeterhazy.
The reported alliance between Sweden and the
Allies is confirmed.
The Austrian ultimatum, after modification, re
ceived the approval of England and France. Austria
had before sent to St. Petersburg. The terms are a
profound secret. The terms of Swollen are very
stringent.
Liverpool, Dec. 22.—Cotton languid. Sales for
the week 36,000 bales. Orleans is quoted at 1-16
lower; Upland unchanged, compared with the
Pacific’s commercial advices, Flour dull and un
changed. Corn Is. lower; white quoted at 50s. per
qr., and yellow 41s. 6d. Tho demand for provisions
is improved.
Cotton. —Fair Orleans 6|d; Mobile 6d.
Money market more stringent. Consols 88§.
Wheat declined 2d ; white quoted at Lis. 9d®l2s.
2d. Southern flour 425. 6d. Corn declined in con
sequence of large arrivals from Ireland and the Black
goa.
Additional by the Canada.
Halifax, Jan. B.—The Royal Mail steamship
Canada, Copt. Stone, from Liverpool at 10 o’clock
A. M., on Saturday, the 22d ult., arrived here at
121 o’clock to-day.
The Canada sailed at 3.20 P. M., with a stiff breeze
from the southeast accompanied with snow, for Bos
ton, where she will be due early on Thursday
morning.
The steamship Washington, from New York, ar
rived off the Wesor on the 21st, and put back to
Southampton, after landing the mails and passen
gers, as the ice prevented her reaching Bremen.
Negotiation9. —The present position of peace pros
pects is tins : It may be remembered that Austria
made a suggestion of certain terms not known to
the public, which the Austrian Cabinet considered
might constitute a basis for pacific negotiations.
These suggestions Austria sent to Paris, through the
French Minister at Vienna. The French govern
ment sent a copy of said suggestions to London.
Much correspondence ensued between London and
Paris, resulting in the original suggestions being
sent back, altered by France and England, to
Vienna.
Tho Austrian Cabinet expressed mortification that
the suggestions were not adopted simpliciter. More
correspondence ensued, resulting in Austria agree
ing to append her name jointly with France and
England to the modified proposals. The proposition
thus amended was, on Sunday, December l6th, as
notified by the Arago, sent from Vienna in charge
of < 'ount fcaterhazy to St. Petersburg.
The contents of this ultimatum are kept profound
ly secret. If the Czar refuses, France and England
threaten to continue the war, and Austria to cease
diplomatic relations, and afterwards to ba gOTemed
by the course of ©vents. Simultaneously with tha
transmission of peace proposals, to Russia, the Paris
Monitour publishes the treaty entered into between
the allies and Sweden, guaranteeing the existing lim
its of Sweden against Russian aggression. As Rns
sia docs not at present threaten Sweden, this treaty
may bo viewed by Russia as an intentional insult,
ana a cause for the rejection of the. peace proposals.
The terms of the treaty are very stringent. It is
declared that the treaty is concluded to prevent eve
ry complication ofa nature to trouble the balance of
Sower in Europe. By article Ist, ihc King of Swe
©n engages himself not to cede to Russia, nor to ex
change with her, nor allow her to occupy any por
tion of the territory belonging to the crown ot Swe
den and Norway. He engages, moreover, not to
cede to Russia any right of pasturage or fishing
ground, or of any other nature whatsoever, in any
purt of the said territories, or of the coast of Sweden
and Norway, and to reject any pretension Russia
might raise'te establish the existence of any of the
above named rights.
Ai: le v—ln case Russia should make any propo
ration to .ho King of Sweden, or any demand with
a view i obtain either the cession or exchange of
any portion whatovor of the territory belonging to
ihe crowns of Sweden and Norway, be it permission
; to occupy certain points of said territory, or the ees
-1 nion of tinning or pasturage rights, or of any other
! on the?- o -miiic. territories, or on the coast of Sweden
and X i way—the King of Sweden engages to com
municate immediately such proposition to the Em
peror of France and Queen of England, and they
engage to provide Sweden with sufficient naval and
military forces, with those of Sweden, to resist the
claims or aggressions of Russia. The nature, the
importance, and the destination of the forces in
question shall, the case occurring, be decided by a
common agreement between the three powers.
The army tumid of Austria is selling no fewer
than 70,000 horsee. The present position of affairs
may be thus expressed—France is less peaceful, and
England less warlike, than they seem.
The Principalities. —Rumor says that the project
ed conferences for a settlement of the Principalities
are indefinitely adjourned. Count Coronini will re
sume the command pf the Austrian army there.
The Crimea. —A hurricane had occurred in the
Crimea. 'Hie Tchernava river had overflowed its
banks, doing considcrnDlc damage. There is noth
ing later than Gen. Codringten’s dispatch of the 4th,
saving that the Russians continued to fire heavily
from the north side without doing ranch damage.
The ground was covered with snow. Saving Bank*
are to be opened in the British army.
Asia. —There arc few additional particulars con
cerning the surrender of Kars, which took place on
the 28th of November. On November 11th, Gene
ral Mourn vieff summoned the garrison to surrender.
Gen. Williams held a council of war on the 16th,
and after the council the garrison sent a flag of truce
asking ten days' suspeindtn of hostilities, and per
mission to send a courier to Erzeroum. Gen. Mou
rnvieff offered to grant an honorable capitulation,
and allowed an English captain, Thomson, to go to
Erzeroum. Thompson returned from Erzeroum, and
reached Kars on the 22d. General Williams then
demanded an interview with Moura vieff for the 24th.
By this time the garrison had no feed, except some
horseflesh, for the sick in the hospitals. H ere the
narrative breaks off, and we have no details of tho
surrender.
Private accounts without dates (rather doubtful]
say that Omar Pasha had driven in the Russians ana
taken possession of Ivhoni, live leagues from Kutais
and was preparing to attack the latter city, which
was garrisoned by ten thousand Russians. Moura
vieff had detailed' a portion of his force to oppose
Omar Pasha. The Turks are said to have tound
12,0*00 fur coats in Khoni.
Great Britain. —Attention is entirely occupied in
discussing the probabilities of peace. It is remark
able that the general public speak more in favor of
carrying on the war now than at any previous pe
riod.' The Queen has sent a jeweled decoration to
Miss Nightingale.
Heavy gales of wind had prevailed during the
week, and numerous casualties were reported on the
British coast, hut no American ships are known to
be damaged. The Spanish brig Bravo, from Bar
celona for Havana, was wrecked on the night of the
10th inst., off Gibraltar. Forty-five passengers
were drowned, including seven ladies.
France .—A treaty of amity and commerce be
tween France and Persia is concluded, and an on
vov has loft Paris to exchange ratifications.
(General Canrobert will be named Marshal of
France.
Spain. —The Cubans have sent a protest against
the impolicy of laying additional taxes on Colonial
produce, as tho new tariff proposes.
Holland. —The first steamer of the New York
line, the Belgique, was formerly baptized at Ant
werp on the 16th, by the Cardinal Archbishop of
M;.lines, and a crowd of clergymen.
Denmark. —Denmark lias requested the Govern
ments interested, to adjourn tho conference on the
Sound Dues. A Cojienhagen letter says that only
two States have as yet pronounced in favor of Den
mark's views—namely Russia and Mecklenberg.
The Russian finance Minister some time since stated
that he conld not pav the large sum requested to
capitalize, and therefore preferred remaining as
they are. Lord Clarendon has announced that If
theUaited States’ ships pass without tolls. British
ships will pass also. The trial of the ex-Minister*
had been postponed till January 12th.
(many. —Frankfort paper* publish an imperial
ukase, authorising the new Russian loan.
Turkey. —The new Ministry, under Redschid Pa
cha, is to be recognized.
Greece. —The new Ministry cultivate friendly re
lations with the allies.
THE LATEST.
(Bv Telegraph from Lend on to Liverpool.)
The 'London Times’ city article, dated Friday
evening, says a temporary diminution of confidence
in the result of the mission of Count Esterhazy to St.
Petersburg caused consols to open at a reaction of
one-quarter per cent from the improved rates of
yesterdav. The amount of business throughout the
dav was'small, but the demand for money was gene
rally active. The present returns of the stock of the
Bank of England contain the result of the increased
amount of circulation recently granted, by the order
in council. In pursuance of the terms of the Bank
act. the .amount of securities in the issue deportment
is now £14,475,000. and the increase of £475.000
has been taken from the Government securities held
in the Bank Enlargement, which would otherwise
have been precisely the same in the previous return.
Thv from'Paris to-dav that exchange
on Lou»r*n tvatauM* fiat, but'that the pressure for
mcnev rwt* sughtiy subsided.
Tut* o is uk. news of importance.
Sard !*»«*. —The war budget of the Kingdom of
fv. -•; « rented to the Piedmontese Cham
wiTdrcf • xpensee of the war, during 1855 and
!v>6. at 74,233.032 francs, including 11,386,401
francs for the in*vy.
COMMERCIAL SFMXART.
Liverpool Cotton Market.-^ The Broken Circular
*av« taat the market wae quiet, with but a Dmiud
eneeuiative demand, and etocks free.y offering,
r. e n-.tal emck in
128,000 American. The Mowing are tne c»wing
quotation*:—Fair Or!eni*6id: middling 511-16;
fair Mobil* lid; middling 5 916.1; fair Upland* 5,d;
middling sjdordinary to good ordinary oShjd, in
fenor 4t 2 Sd. _
Liverpool Breadstuff* Market.— Messrs. Brown,
Shiplev & Co. report floor dull at the following
quotations:—Western Canal 42**; Ohio 445.; Phjla
phia and Baltimore 425. 6<L a44s. 6d.: Canadian 42ft:
sour 41*.; wheat Id. tzd lower, with but btttej
iative demand: white llsd*d2t 12*.2d.: red 10s v*d. 9
11a. 2d. Corn has declined 6d: and was dull on ac
count of large arrivals in Ireland from the Black
Sea: white Dl*.; vellow 445.; mixed 445.
Siateof Trade in Ma nchcticr —T rade is Man
chester was quiet, and there had been no change of
moment in prices.
London Money Market— The bullion in the Bank
of England has increased £226,000 during the week,
but the Bank had on hand two and a half millions
of the last Turkish loan to export in gold. This, and
the absence of gotd arrival*, and some shipments of
specie from the Bank, caused an active demand lor
money, and rather more stringency. The stock
markets, both In London an-i Paris, were steady at
a slight decline from the highest rate of the past
fortnight. Consols for money and account closed at
$Sj to 88j.
weekly
(Llromfk & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, OA
WEDNESDAY MORNING JAN’Y 16, ISAS.
R* Qratnltoai AdT.rtl.ins.
ill notice* of marriage* and deaths will
oharged as regular advertisements, and will, ki no
instance, bs Inserted unless accompanied by & re
sponsible name.
Dougin* and Shields—Nebraska.
Thh following article from the Washington
Union , of October 23th, 1854, shows very conclusive
ly the ground upon which Messrs. Douglas and
Shields based their support of the Kansis-Nebraeka
bill, while it also exhibits the organ of the Pierce
Administration in the unenviable predicament of
endorsing the views of those gentlemen. We com
mend it, therefore, to the calm and dispassionate
consideration of Southern men of all parties. The
people of the South have been persuaded by dema
gogues and political tricksters, that these gentlemen
were influenced in their support of that measure by
considerations of the purest and highest patriotism.
The article from the Union lifts tho veil, and exposes
them in all their naked deformity. Let the people
read and reflect npon it:
General Shields in Illinois.—We are grati
fied to see that General Shields is. in the canvass
in his State, giving powerful aid to his distin
guised colleague. Judge Douglas. Seldom has a
contest been so zealously and ably carried on as
that in Illinois. Jndge Douglas has just completed a
tour of four weeks, and returned to Cuieago with
confidence of the triumph of the Democracy. Gen.
Shields has entered the fight wiih earnestness and
ability. We see a sketch of his speech at Spring
field, in which he sustained the principles of the Ne
braska bill with great force and effect. Speaking of
the principle of non-intervention, he said:
“It allowed tho people he (said) to fix their own
condition, manage their own affair*, and work out
their own happiness in their own way. It gave
equal chances to equal States in the settlement and
f overament of common territory. Kansas and Ne
rnska were free now, and the people there would
keep them freo. The establishment of slavery in those
Territories was not only improbable but impossible,
and it was always wiser ana better to let people work
out a treat goo<i for themselves, than’have it forced
upon them by others; and this was the wav in which
freemen always do what is great and good, by their
ownfreoand voluntary’act. The principles of non in
tervention would not" only keep Kansas and Ne
braska what they arc now—free—but would, by its
full and fair operation, if we acquire the continent
to the Isthmus of Darien, work with such powerful
force and effect, that no man would ever see anoth
er slave Territory on this continent.’'
“After saying much nioro on this head, General
.Shields alluded to the danger of sectional organiza
tions, and of arraying one section of the Union in a
genera! sentiment ofhostility against the other. The
Nebraska question, he said, would soon settle itself,
ns, in the midst of this angry discussion, Kansas
would present herself with a free constitution, and be
admitted as a free member of the confederacy."
As additional evidence that the sentiments ex
pressed by General Shields, was tho sentiments of
the Illinois Democracy, wc submit the following
resolution, adopted at a Democratic Convention at
Middleport, Iroquois County, Illinois:
“ Resolved , That the Democratic party is not only
opposed to the further attention of slavery, but are
r»ow legislating against its extension."
This resolution is a confirmation of tho views pre
sented by General Shields, and those views the
Union endorsed and applauded. This is tho North
ern construction of the Kansas bill.
The Washing on I'uion—Mr. Fuller.
The following article from the Washington Union
endorsing the national position of Mr. Fuller, com
ports rather illy with the denunciations of that gen
tleman by the Southern Democratic organs. This
declaration of the Union should suffuse the cheeks
of its Southern brethren with shame, if they are sus
ceptible of such a feeling. Tho Union says :
“With a view tosettie tho difficulty, no doubt, Mr.
Fuller yesterday addressed the House, and in a
brief speech of great good sense ami excellent temper
ho defined his position, which, including his prompt
response to Mr. Percy Walker, of the Mobile district,
mai' be summed up as follows : Acquiescence in the
legislation of Congress onth* Nebraska bill nn a final
seulement of that question on the principle of popu
lar sovereignty, and a distinct refusal to assist in
restoring the Missouri Compromise. We hoard this
avowal with much pleasure, and desire, here and
now, to express our thanks to him for the involuntary
tribute which he paid to a great Democratic principle.
The Star, of the same date, says :
Tho explanation of his position on the slavery
question, which Mr. Fuller, of Pennsylvania, yester
day felt called on to make, while it loses him, perhaps,
four votes, greatly strengthens his nltimate prospect
of election in the event of a final determination on
the part of the Democrats to abandon their present
position for the sake of effecting an organization,
which, however, we may not fail to add, is jnst now
exoesdinglvjpronlemalical. It confirms the impres
sion as to his position entertained bv all except the
few anti-Nebraska men who favored him with their
votes up to thistime.” .
Snotv and Hull.
Friday wo had a* fine exhibition of Northern
weather. Tho night previous was very cold,
and the ground froze, and as tho morning was
overshadowed with thick cloud 3, it did not thaw.
About twelve o’clock the enow commenced falling,
and continued rapidly for three hours, and ns none
melted, the ground was covered one to two inches*
After three till dark, (the time of writing.) it
hailed and snowed alternately. At dark a fine hail
was falling.
Homicide.—An altercation took place yesterday
afternoon, in a drinking house nearly opposite the
Post Office, known as the Alligator Hotel, between
tho barkeeper, 0. Beckman, a German, and
Brady, an Englishman, a I loupe and Sign Painter, in
which the former inflicted upon the latter several
blowß with a club of which he soon after died.
He was taken into custody and will of course be
held to appear. It is .a remarkable fact, that the rum
shops arc* the theatres of nearly all the homicides in
the land. There must be something wrong in tho sys
tem.
Fullers Computing Telegraph.
Those of our business men who have not seen this
extraordinary and most valuable instrument for ma
king calculations of all kinds, should do so by all
means. Although no description of it can convey
any correct idea of itfl capacities, (it must bo seen to
be appreciated,) yet we copy the following notice of
it from the Boston Transcript :
“It consists of a logarithmic arrangement of num
bers on two circles, one of which is made to revolve
within the other. By this revolution, numbers, and
parts of numbers arc multiplied and diviced by each
other; all fractions changed, reduced, and mnltipled,
and divided ; the different currencies reduced to
federal money ; simple and compound interest com
puted at every rate per cent.; questions answered
in loss and gain; rule of three, or proportion and
fellowship ; numbers raised to sqnares, cubes, &c.,
and the square and cube roots extracted; taxes ap
portioned; superficies, land, square and round timber,
nypothenuses. and triangles measured; the contents
given of pyramids, cones, cylinders, and globes; the
area given of circles, squares, parallelograms and
ellipses ; the amount given of tons, cwts., pounds,
bushels, yards, «Sze., at different prices, &.C., &c.
All of tins can be accomplished by simply revolving
a circular card. Such arc the astonishing powers of
this computing scale—which alone, to say nothing
of the neat mechanical execution, should secure to it
a n extensive sale.”
T!*c Weather.
In Savannah. —The Republican of Friday morn
ing, 6ays :
Yesterday was the coldest day of the season, the
mercury standing at at 7 o'clock, A. M., and at
at 12 M. Tne day, however, was clear, and by
large odds more pleasant than many we have re
cently experienced.
The Courier, of 11 o’clock, A. M. Friday, says :
Cold and Sleeting. —Yesterday, though a cold day,
was fair, calm and beautiful. During last night the
sky became overcast with clouds, and this morning
we are visited with a sleet. The temperature is still
down to about 30. A more unpleasant morning we
have net had in many a month. However, after the
delightful weather Uiroughout last summer and au
tumn, no one should oomplain, either of cold, rain,
hail or snow in January.
The same paper of the afternoon, adds :
The weather continues to be all that is disagrcea
ble. As we go to press, 2 o’clock, I*. M., mercury
stands in our thermometer at 30°. The sleet of the
moraine has given place to unmixed rain, which,
driven Sy a fierce wind, is falling pitilessly.
With the present long continued low tempera
ture, we can but think what a glorious time we
might have, had it tnowed instead of sleeting and
raining.
In Macon. —The Citizen of Saturday morning,
says : Yesterday morning, at7 o’clock, it commenced
snowing in this city, and in two hours’ time the
ground was covered with a white mantle. A South
ern day with Northern principles, truly.
The Raleigh Register of the 9th inst. says :
“We were visited on Friday and Saturday with
the heaviest fall of snow that we have known in
this region for many years. It still lie* about six
inches deep on the ground, affording fine sleighing
—a novel enjoyment with u*. Our citizens, almost
generally, seem to have availed themselves of it.
and on every side the merry jingle of bells is heard.
“The snow has laid a complete embargo upon the
mails in every direction.”
The Mails asd Weather. —We find the follow
ing items in the Richmond Whig of Wednesday,
“A train came over tho Richmond, Fredericks
burg an I Potomac Railroad yesterday. The passen
gers who left Washington last .Saturday were thus
enabled to reach Richmond. They represent their
trials to have been considerable, but they bore them
very patiently. They remained a large portion of
the time at Aqnia Creek, where the accommodations
wera somewhat limited for the number; neverthe
less, the proprietor exerted himself laboriously to
make them ah comfortable.
‘"The track of the Central Road is now dear, and
the trains will run through as usual.
“The extieme depth of snow was of itself a most
serious obstruction, and required great lal>or to get
through it; but the wind blowing aero** the line of
the track, caused the drift to lodge in the cuts.
‘•The mails are in from Washington and Stanton.”
Tni Mails. —The Richmond Dispatch, of Mon
day, says:—Tne snow of Friday night and Saturday
put an end, for the time, to railroau communication.
Saturday we had no arrival by railway except by the
Petersburg road, which is so snort that the locomo
tive forced its way through. Yesterday we were
again without mails from the North, or by the Dan
ville Railroad. Fortunately*the telegraph was in
operation and we have by it, all the important news
from the North.
Elect ions.
Chatham Colxty.—The election for County of
ficers on Monday resulted in the election of the Ame
rican candidates for Sheriff and Tax Collector, and
the Democratic candidates for the other offices.
In Bibb, Monreo and Jeffersen Counties the whole
American ticket was elected.
In Oglethorpe the old officers are all re-elected.
John Anderson, an old and highly respected mer
chant of Dalton, in this State, died suddenly of
dropsy, Wednesday last.
Horraee Mann has proved that throughout all
England that more than one half the tchiie pop
ulation cannot icrite their own
For several days a brig called the A z ilia has been
loading with cannon, guns, balls, Ac., at the Atlan
tic Docks, Brooklyn. On Tuesday she dropped
down the stream, bat the police, who had been
watching her. stopped her until word was sent to the
District Attorney. That official, however, has di
rected the vessel to be let go. and she is now lying on
the Jens*?}' abort loading powder. i
La Fayette Course.
The weather yesterday was very favorable a
bright, clear day with a cool, bracing North wind,
which served to exhilarate every ouo, and there was
consequently a better attendance on the turt than
on Tuesday, all anticipating nil exciting race and fine
sport.
When wc reached the track, we found Mary Bluo
*klna decided favorite at odds against the field. So
mnoh so, that there wo* little disposition to bet
against her. A field of three, however, unless
doad alow, will alwayabavoaouie backers, and they
of course, invested; some relying on one, and some
on another of the contestants. There were some few
small pools, but the backers of the grey mare were
unable to get them taken to any extent. There was
some little speculation as to which would prove
second in the race, for which position Philo, tlw*
beautiful Philo, was decidedly the favorite. Tho
following are the entries :
Wednesday—Jockey Club Purse S3O0 —Two Mile
Heats.
W. W. Wood folk's b. Inpincii-le . 4 years old,
by Sovereign, dam by Stockholder. Dress Biue.
11. C. Coffey, g. f. Mary Bluesk:n. 1 years old, by
Grey Eagle, dam $ ihv Morgan. Dress Fancy.
W. H. Gibbons’ b. m. Pi: do —l years old, by Manner,
dam Cassandra. Dress black.
Col. B. Eashy’s c. col; Little Master— 1 y.;nr* old
by Chieftain, dam Little Mistress. Dress fancy.
After the usual preliminaries the riders were
mounted, and at the tap of the drum, oil* i lie steeds
bounded, Philo having the track, Mary Blneskin
second, Little Master third, and Invincible fourth.
Mary passed the stand at a run, and being in ad
vance of all others, (a miserable bad start, for which
the Judge was at fault, of course, without any de
sign,) at once to »k the lead and the track from Philo,
which she kept throughout the two miles. The heat
excited but little interest, as all the horses seemed to
be trailing after Mary, some of them at long dis
tance. Philo only keeping anywhere near, and in
the close of the second mile made a brilliant run
home, but Mary was too fleet for her, and came out
several lengtlis ahead—Philo second, Inviucible
third, and Little Master distanced. T ime 3m. 46-s.
Tho result of the first heat but confirmed the
opinions of the knowing ones, and large odds were
now offered —five to one—that Mary would win the
race, without finding takers. After the usual time
for cooling, the three were again at the stand, and.
at the signal bounded off in handsome style. In
vincible made a bold dash for the lend from the score,
which he succeeded in taking from both Ins competi
tors, closely pursued by Mary, with Philo immedi
ately in the rear, watching to take advantage of any
untoward step of either. As they rounded the se
cond turn. Mary drew up by liis side, and after a
desperate brash Mary's nose was seen just in front
about the middle of the back stretch, but as they ad
vanced to the turn Invincible drew out from her and
rounded the turn near or quite a length ahead. Mary
was not to be dropped so cavalierly, and when they
got again into straight running, she made another
tremendous but unsuccessful effort for tho load ; and
she was still hangingupon his hips when they reached
the run home in the first mile, when she again made
the effort, and at a tremendous burst of speed reached
the stand about a length ahead. Philo, during all
this spirited contest, kept in close attendance, and
seeing that Invincible had yielded the palm to his
fair competitor, now entered the list fertile heal,
and in a beautiful struggle passed Invincible, and
made an ineffectual effort to overtake Mary.—
Invincible's Jockey seeing that Philo was unequal
to the task, called again upon his noble animal, to
which he responded most gallantly, but he only suc
ceeded in passing Philo, he too was unable to over
take Mary. There ensued a most spirited contest
between Philo, and Invincible for the second place,
in which he was either two gallant or not fleet enough
to Jake. Mary led out several lengths ahead, Philo
second and Invincible third. Time 3m. 475.
The first mile of this heat was among the most
beautiful and equal contests we ever witnessed on
the turf.
RECAPITULATIO N.
H. C. Caffry’s g. in., Mary Blue Skin 11
W. JI. Gibbons’ b. m. Philo 2 2
W. W. Woodfolk’s b. h. Invincible 3 3
Col. B. Easley’s e. h. Little Master dis.
Time first heat 3m. 40H—second heat 3m. 475.
Thursday.—Jockey Club purse SSO0 —Three Mile
Heals.
Mlirphoy & Hunter enter cb.m. Nannie Lcicis, 4
yrs. old, by imp. Glencoe, dam Motto by Barefoot.
After the regular race there will be a Post Stake,
two mile heats, for a purse of SIOO and entrance
money added, to which there are already three en
tries; and as entries can be made up to the moment
of starting, there will probably be several others.
There being but one entry for the Jockey Club
Purse yesterday, there was of course no race. The
purse was. therefore, taken by “ Nannie Lems."
For the Post Stake, two milo boats, there wore
throe entries, viz:
15. Easley’s c. h. Little Master.
Bacon fc Jones’ b. g. “ Glascock."
J. Campbell’s b. c. “ Jack Gamble
This is said to have been one of the best contested
and most interesting and exciting contests of the
meeting, but as we wore not present, wc cannot fur
nish the reader with nnv description. Little Master
was the winner in two heats. Time of first heat 3m.
5258. Second heat 3m. 51s.
Yesterday was a very unfavorable day for the
sports of tho turf, and the attendance was thin. The
prospect of a good race, however, attracted a much
greater number than we expected to see out.
The snow commenced falling at 12 o’clock, and at
the time of starting the track was covered half an
inch thick. The inclemency of the weather seemed
to dampen the ardor of the spectators, and there was
very little betting on tho result. Cassey’s colt was,
however, decidedly the favorite.
Colt stake for 3 year olds, two mile heats, entrance
S2OO, half forfeit, to which there were thirteen entries,
for which the following five started in tho order
named :
11. C. Coffey's b. c. by Sovereign.
T. Purvear’s b. c. “ Aloiodore .”
I). McDaniel's b. <*. “Frank Allen."
J. Campbell’s c. f. “Laura Soil man."
W. W. Woodfolk’s b. f. “lodine.”
As the snow was falling rapidly from the com
mencement to the close of the race, it was impossible
to see tho horses with sufficient distinctness to place
them in the running, except nt the stand. We can
not, therefore furnish a description of either beat.—
We can only give the placing ai the start and com
ing out. Cassey’s colt was an easy winner in two
heats, in 3m. 455. each. This was thought remarka
bly fine time for the condition of the track, which
was covered with snow nearly an inch thick at the
close. The first heat was well contested through
out, except by Laura Spilman, who was distanced.
The second was a mere trailing race, in which
lodine was distanced. Cassey’s colt never lost the
lead in either heat.
RECAPITULATION.
11. Cassey’s b. c. by Sovereign 11
T. Puryear’s b. e. Mmodore 2 3
D. McDaniel’s b. c. Frank Allen 3 2
W. W. Woodfolk’s b. f. lodine 4 dis.
J. Campbell’s c. f. Laura ftpilmaxz. dig.
The meeting over this Course closed Saturrday,
with two races—one at four mile and the second at
one mile heats, the best three in five. Tiie weather
was very unfavorable for the spoils of the turf, in
deed, altogether the most unpleasant and disagreea
ble day that we ever saw on which n race was run.
Every day of the week, with a single exception,
(Thursday) has been inclement, and very unpleasant
for racing, but yesterday capped the climax. The
snow and sleet of Friday was succeeded by a con
siderable rain during Friday night and yesterday
morning, which melted the snow off the track and
left the surface of the earth in about the consistence
of “slush,”generally, and in some places worse;
added to which the atmosphere was rendered very
damp by a sort of Scotch mist, most of the day
which was cooled by an exceedingly cold northeast
wind, that seemed to penetrate the inner man. Not.
withstanding this, the attendance was quite as good
as any day of the meeting.
So much for the weather and condition of the turf,
to neither of which cun we approximate doing jus
tice. Now for the race's, which no one, of course, ex
pected would be in even respectable time, and in a
description of wrick we shall not consume either
much time or space. For the first race wc had the
following programme :
Jockey Club Purse s3oo— Four Mile Heats.
Thomas G. Bacon’s b. g. Ed. Glascock, 4 years
old, by Sovereign, darn Clara Howard, by Imp.
Barefoot. Rider’s dress blue and white.
Murphy & Hunter’s < :. m. Ncnnie Lewis. 4 yrs.
old, by Glencoe, dam Motto. Rider’s dress fancy.
Thomas. Puryear’e ch. h. Charlie Ball. 4 years old,
by Wagner, dam Magnolia, by Imp. Glencoe.—
Rider’s dress fancy.
Nannie was the favorite against the field at decided
odds. Indeed few anticipated any other result tkari
her success, unless she was amiss, or some accident
befel her. There was, therefore, only a limited
amount staked upon the race. How well they esti
mated her powers the result proves. She was an
easy winner in two heats, never having been put up
to her speed over any part of the course. Indeed, at
the close of the second heat, she was leading seve
ral lengths ahead, with her cars playing back and
forth, as though she was only in a sportive mood.
In the first heat Charlie Ball, which was the con
tending horse, came out second, and as his jockey
was taking him up around the turn he unfortunately
slipped and fell, and although he exhibited no signs
of injury, fcis owner deemed it prudent to th aw him.
Hence, for the second heat, she only contended with
Ed. Glascock, who was permitted to keep in hailing
distance from mere courtesy. The following is the
placing:
Nannie Lewis 11
Ed. Glascock 3 2
Charlie Ball 2 dr.
Time of first heat Bm. 14$*. —Second heat Bm. 275.
In a very few minutes after the result of the first
rece was announced, the riders were mounted for the
best three in five race in which good sport was anti
cipated. The following was the bill of fare.
Joe fay Club Purse S2O0 — Mile Heals, best three in
fee.
J. Campbell’s ch. in., i years old, by Wagner,
dam by Tranby.
H. C. Oaffey’s g. m. Mary Blueskin, 4 yrs. old,
by Grey Eagle, dam Sailie Morgan. Rider’s dress
fancy.
Judge Tolers ch. m. Fanny Fern, 5 years old,
by Glencoe, dam Cub. Rider's dress black and
white.
W. Woodfolk's b. c. Invincible, 4 years old, by
Sovereign, dam by Stockholder. Rider's dress
blue.
Mary Blueskin was the favorite, and she was
backed even against the field, without finding ta
kers. The betting was limited, and at odds iu her
favor. In the placing she had the track, Campbell’s
filly second, Fanny Fern third, and Invincible out
side. Blueskin took the lead and kept it through
out the heat with great apparent ease, Fauuy Fern
making a pretty good second, and Invincible and
the Wagner filly jm;t inside the distance stand.—
Time lm. 565.
Bets were now freely offered that Blueskin would
win, but no takers coUld be found.
In the second beat, Invincible made play from
the start, and bounded off iu the lead at a slasttng
pace, with Blueskin several lengths in the rear.—
She, however, immediately after rounding the first
turn, dashed after him at a tremendor- burst of
speed, passed the two others, and lapped her gallant
competitor at the *tecooffttnff: but she never suc
ceeded in passing hita, until in the run home iu the I
last stretch, when by a most desperate effort she !
beat him about a neck, amid a most tremendous
shout. They ran locked for quite three quarters of
a mile, the horse never Ids full length ahead. Tins
was a most exciting contest, oml the spectators gave
full vent to their pent up feelings in repeated shouts.
Fanny came in third, but it was a killing pace for
lac Wauuor filly, who had tho distance flag unfurled
in her face, lime ltn. 51U
Tho last was a slashing heat, 'and made In moat
extraordinary time for the state of the track. Fanny
was now regarded as having no ohanoe for tho race,
and the fielders only hoped that Invincible might
tako the next heat and, relying on his bottom, after
wards, the purse. There was, however, no betting
on the result. The riders were again mounted, and
at the word, off the three bounded; Invincible, its in
thopast heat, pressing, from the start, for tho lead,
which he succeeded in obtaining on the first turn,
ai d maintained it till they rounded the second, when
Mary passed and led him through, coming out, both
under whip and spur, a few lengths ahead, with
Fanny making a very good third. Time lin. 525.
recapitulation.
Mary o a i
F:\nny Fern 7 ’ '
Invincible " .* 4
CaxnplK-U’s Filly 4 tU ».
This la-1 was the best contested race of the week.
Knnsn*—Tli© Northern Democracy.
The following article, which wc copy from the
Charleston Mercury , good democratic authority, is
well worthy the careful study of the Southern de
mocracy generally, and especially worthy the con
sideration of those old line Whig* who repudiated
the Whig party because of its Freesoilism, and have
recently indicated their purpose to unite their for
tunes with the National Frecsoil Democracy. We
commend its truths to them, because it proves, most
conclusively, upon what basis the Democracy of the
North, those of them who voted for the Kansas-Ne
bruska bill, defended that bill and their support of it.
They have, all of them, everywhere that we have
heard from, defended the bill aiul vindicated their
vote for it, on tho ground that it would certainty
mnkefree Stales of Kansas and Nebraska—in short,
that it was a measure of freedom. 1 his was the po
sition of Douglass, Shields, Richardson, and all
the Northern supporters of the bill. But to tho evi
dence; here it is, as collated by the Mercury:
Prom the Charleston Mercury.
Nebraska Democracy at the North.—Amid
the chaos which prevails in the House of Re
presentatives at Washington, there has at times
broken unexpected light upon the political move
ments in tho country, and we have had some rare
exposures of party principles and tactics. Indeed,
we might almost pardon the wrauglings in the
House, in consideration of the bit of history which
is furnished in the extracts from the debates, which
we make to-day, and to which we invite the atten
tion ol’ the State in general, and ot our National
Democrats, who talk so warmly of their Northern
allies, and of the Cincinnati Convention, in parti
cular.
It seems that Mr. Cox, a member from Kentucky,
was cruel enough to compel Northern Democrats to
the confession, upon the Nebraska Kansas bill, and
the principles upon which it was defended at the
North, lie calls up Democratic members from
Michigan, and makes them give damning testimony
against Messrs. Cass and Douglas. He summons
also the Ohio and Pennsylvania Democracy to the
same purpose. They unite in testifying that Demo
crats at the North advocate the Nebraska Kansas
Bill, noton tho ground of “popular sovereignty;"
not as a measure of justice, and a quietus to slavery
agitation; but as “the best Abolition measure ever
passed," and tho surest step in consummation of its
final objects. Such is the Democracy of the North,
as declared by their own lips ; and we in the South
arc invoked to applaud—nay, more, to entrust our
destiny to the keeping of men who toll us that the
verv tent we propose of faithfulness to us, is the
argumeut with which they demonstrate their deop
hostility. Fanaticism demands practical proofs of
their devotion to its cause, and right cheerfully they
point to the Nebraska Kansas bill l One might nearly
believe of them, what Mr. Orr, iu a burst of patriotic
indignation, said in 1850 of the whole North, “they
are more hostile to us thau any foreign nation on
the globe."
Now we ask, is it with such a party that the peo
ple of South Carolina will consent to go into Con
vention ? Presidential elections, one after another
have gone by; and, distrustful of Northern affilia
tions, acting upon the highest convictions of princi
ple, she has abstained from these National Caucuses;
and now, when Abolition has poisoned to its core
the Northern heart, and the Northern Democratic
party publishes its hostility and faitlilossness to us,
in terms clear and unmistakable, we are called on
to abandon our policy, and mako common causo
with them in the greedy pursuit of place and power.
Verily the spectacle is strange and startling. Wo
conclude our comments with the remarks of Mr.
Etheridge, of Tennessee, upon the debate, which wo
have copied:
I am called upon now to affiliate with that portion
of the Nebraska Democrats who tell me that, by the
destruction of the Missouri compromise line, the peo
ple of the North will override the South and carry
their free institutions as far even as the isthmus of
Darien. Why, sir, I see no difference between the
Republican—the black Republican party, if you
pleas*—and that portion of the Nebraska Democrats
at the North who have taken a stand in favor of
squatter sovereignty, because they all war on the in
sfitutioiis ot the South. The only difference between
this Republican party and those distinguished men
at the North who have supported the Kansas-Ne
braska bill, is, as to the means of destroying slavery
at the South. Why, sir, Senators and Kenresenta
! ivea who voted for that bill, went home and defend
ed their course on the ground, that tho bill was in fa
vor of freedom.
Now, I ask my Southern friends what they moan
Ity t his Nelirnska test ? 1 want to know what differ
ence there is between the Northern opposers of the
Kansas bill, and those Northern men who have sup
ported it on the ground that, they had a redundancy
of population, and tiiat, with their twenty millions of
people emigrating rapidly in a direct line to the West,
backed bv the immense emigration from Europe,
and aided by alien suffrages, they could go there and
not only make Kansas and Nebraska free States, but
in their own language, “Carry the war into Africa”
by creating free States South of the Missouri com
promise line 1 And some have boasted that the
country west of Arkansas,and Northern Texas itself,
w ould fall victims to their rapacity, and all be; con
vert e*l into free JStates. The only difference I know
to exi t between your Northern Nebraska Demo
crats and the Northern Republican party, is as to the
best means of hedging in and destroying the institu
tion of slavery. You may examine the speeches of
most of those gentlemen of the North who have jus
tified their action on the Kansas-Nobrnska bill, and
you wiil find that they have placed their justification
on the ground that it was the best thing that could bo
done to destroy slavery. There are gentlemen hero
who have done so.
The following Is an extract from the proceedings in
the House of Representatives Dee. 21, 1865 :
Mr. Cox. 1 understand the gentleman perfectly.
And now will the gentleman pardon me toy asking
him another question ! I desire to know whether
the gentleman believes tlmt the laws established by
the Legislature of the Territory of Kansas are. under
the Constitution of the United States, null and void ?
I asked the question for the purpose of better illus
trating the ground taken by Democrats on the stump
in the late election—in not one, but several of the
States of this Union. I understand tlmt the ground
was taken, during the late canvass for legislative
offices, by Nebraska Democrats North, and, if I am
not correct. gentlemen can correct ine, that Congress,
bv the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, had con
ferred on the people of the Territory power to estab
lish or abolish slavery; and that in this regard the
North had tho advantage, because it could pour in
population more rapidly than the South, and thus
prevent Kansas or Nebraska ever becoming slave
territory. In short, I understand that the ground
was taken before the people, that the Kansae-Nebrns
ku bill was a measure in favor of freedom. Yet the
gentlemen of the party which took that ground before
the people, and who call themselves Kansas-Nebras
ka Democrats, now come here and declare that they
stand and have stood upon exactly the same platform
with the Democratic party South. 1 know that the
Democratic party South stand upon a firm and solid
platform on this question. As I have already stated,
I have been thus informed, and, without having the
pleasure of an acquaintance with the gentleman from
Michigan, [Mr. Howard,] he will pardon me if I ask
him a question or t wo. I fe will state, it is suggested
to me, whether it is true or not, that the distinguished
Senator from Michigan, in stumping the State on the
Nebrnska-Kausas question, did make the argument
and assume the ground to which I have made re
ference* ?
Mr. Howard. Mr. Clerk, I will answer the ques
tion of the honorable gentleman from Kentucky as
briefly as I can. I was of opinion that the due effect
of the Kansas-Ncbraska act was to allow slave
holders to go into the Territories with their slave
property, and to receive there that protection, by
virtue of the Constitution, which they do with that
property upon the high seas, and uaaer the flag of
the Union. 1 brought that as one of the charges
aga:t,-4t the measure, not that I was in favor of the
• u*t trim-, l ut I contended that that was the effect of
the act. Mv opponent denounced me as being a
.Southern Calhoun man, and one who took the ex
. vine Southern ground. I was so represented, as I
understood, by my opponent, and also by the distin
guished Senator from my district. Now, I do not
wish to be understood as endorsing the doctrine. I
merely stated that, in my judgment, that would be
the fair and legitimate effect of the Kansas aud Ne
braska act, and that that was the reason of my oppo
sition *o the measure.
Mr. Cox. I was also informed that the distinguish
ed .Senator from Michigan also took the ground
staled, and that it was the ground assumed by
the Democratic party in the State of Michigan. Is
that true ? ’
Mr. Howard. With the gentleman's permission I
will state further, that I was challenged ny rny oppo
nent to discuss with him before the people the princi
ples of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. After bcingagood
de?. badgered with the imputation that I dared not
take up the gauntlet which had been thrown to me, I
did finally screw up my courage to meet my oppo
nent upon the stump in the four counties composing
rny district, and the sentiments which I have stated
were the very ones brought out in that discussion
from iny opponent, face to face, eye to eye, with
him.
And, Mr. Clerk, I will go farther and say, that, so
far as I knoWj. there are but two parties in my
congressional district. One of them represents squat
ter sovereignty in the sense which I have mention
ed ; and the other, the anti Nebraska sentiment, that
i*, opposition to any further slavery extension. I
am not for the abolition of slavery in the States
where it now exists. Many of us would take up
arms to protect the rights of slaveholders in the
States where it has existence at tins time. Those are
the only two parties of which I heard anything dur
ing the canvass.
Mr. Cox.—l would now inquire of the gentleman
from the Kalamazoo district what was the particular
ground taken on this question in his district during
the late canvass ?
Mr. Walbridge.—Mr. Clerk, I do not care to be
brought forward for the purpose of settling questions
of political orthodoxy between twelfth-section Know
Nothin., and Democrats. They are matters which
are for their own determination.
Mr. Cox. —I do not ask the gentleman to do so. I
have made an inquiry merely lor tiie purpose of get
ting information in reference to the ground upon
v-Inch the late Congressional election was fought in
tbs State* of Michigan.
Mr. Walbrulge. However, if it will accomodate
the gentleman from Kentucky, I am willing to state
what I know j o relation to the matter. [Cries of
“Goon” “ileai iiiml’ j lam averse, Mr. Clerk, to
being made a witness for the purpose of settling a
question oi political orthodoxy for the Democratic
party, or o--tween that party, or any portion of it and
my good friends the twelfth-section Americana, so
called, upon this floor; but as my friend from Ken
tucky ha- appealed to me fer information, and Ml
am ever desirous of contributing as much as possible
to the harmony of tfr<- Democratic party, and am just
now especially anxious to enable that party to come
to a eood understanding with the twelfth-section
frentiemen. 1 will suite what I have understood to be
lm- Democratic platform at the North on the subject
of slavery, or rather I might, say, the ground on
which that party supported the Konsas-Nebi aska j
hi l had the pleasure, sir, of listening to an elaborate 1
speech made by one of the distinguished Senators
from jay Jjtate, during the canvass of 1804, in which ,
he discussed at length the principles of the Kansas
Nebraska law', and the reason* which induced him to '
give it ids support He took the ground thou that it 1
was the best law for freedom that had ever been
passed ; and iu support of that opinion, among other
arguments used by him was this, that by the Missou
ri Compromise slavery wus prohibited in all the
Louisiana purchase noi th of- 3tK by positive onset
ment, and by implication was there tore permitted
south of this line ; and tlmt by the lvansas-Nebrasku
law repealing that compromise, Cong ress was left at
liberty to prohibit slavery in all the Territories either
North or South of that lino, which power Con*, » s
had conferred upon the peoplo of rCaujifts and Ne
braska, and. without mutation upon the subject,
slavery could not exist there. This view of the 'su b
ject was taken by all tho Democratic spe<ikeis to
whom I listened during the canvass of that year in
my district, ami was I believe the general sentiment
of the press. Tho question was asked the honorable
Senator expressly and pointedly, bv one of his old
political friends, whether ho believed Congress had
the power under tho Const itut ion to legislate on the
subject of slavery in the Territories, and he answer
ed unequivocally that, in Ins opinion, Congress had
the power; aud, in reply to a question of tin* expe
diency of exercising it, ho referred his friend to a
speech made by him (the Senator) in this Hall iu
1 849. I had not the pleasure of listening to any of
the speeches made by the still more distinguished
Senator from my State during the same canvass -.
but I well recollect reading one reported by the;
Detroit paper, supposed to be in his interest, but
delivered in another part of the State, in which he
took substantially the same view of the subject, ex
cept as to the power of Congress by the Constitution,
audits duty in the premises.
Mr. Cox. I thank the gentlemen for tho explana
tion they have given of the course which the canva s
took at the North ; and without any commeut of
mine, it will be manifest to every gentleman what u
strange affair this thing of politics is ; what wonders
it works, and how spotted, aud piebald, and mixed lip
it is. 1
Before I go further, I would ask mv honorable
friend irom Ohio, [Mr. Campbell] what was the
course ot the canvass there aqkm the subject of the
Ivnnsns-Nebrasku bill?
Mr. Nichols. I f the gentlemen will allow me, I will
state what the course of the canvass was m mv dis
trict last tall. Is is well known to the gentleman that
I was a Democratic member of the lust Congress
and voted against the Kausas-Ncbraska bill, l did
so because I put upon that bill the same construction
that the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Jones]
has put upon it this morning; and repudiating the
doctrine advanced by that gentleman on that subject,
I voted against the bill. For that act it was deem. 4
advisable by the Democratic organization in mv dis
trict to put me down. They nominated a distin
guished gentleman of my own State, who lias In Id
high official positions under the Democratic party
there, against me, that, he was a pro-slavery man, he
defined the question of “squatter sovereigntyin a
published address to the voters of the district; aud,
us I understood that address, 1 was opposed upon
tho ground that by my vote 1 had denied to the peo
ple. of the Territory the right to act upon this question
themselves. That was the strongest objection made
to me in my district.
But there were other positions taken by the Ne
braska Democrat, who was opposed to me, that fur
ther illustrate the doctrine id squatter sovereignty,
or the principles of the Nebraska bill as understood
by the Democracy of the district ; I mean the De
mocracy within the organization, for a majority of
the Democracy of the district have sent me here
agaiu to represent them. Sir, my opponent took the
position that the Kausas-Nebraska bill was the best
Abolition measure ever passed by Congress.—
(Laughter.) lie went to the people upon that issue —
upon tlmt declaration; and, to illustrate the sincerity
ot his position, he said further, and ho appealed to
those who had long been identified with linn iu po
litical octiou to bear witness, that he had opposed the
annexation of Texas, which I had advocated, and
further, he came before tho people upon a distinct
printed pledge, to vote against the incorporation
of any slave territory into the Union under any and
all circumstances; and that is squttcr sovereignty
and the Kansos-Ncbraskn bill as construed by those
of the Democratic party in my district who attempt
ed to defeat me for my vote against that bill.
Mr. Cox. I would thank tin; gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. Campbell] to bear his testimony now.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio. I have been appealed to
by the gentleman from Kentucky' to state what was
tho course of the canvass in my &tate, and lam will
ing to do so.
I had the pleasure, sir, of addressing the people at.
a great many points in three of the greatest States
of the Northwest—Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.—
Uniformly, I believe, the position assumed by the
Democratic candidates was, that by the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise nothing was lost to free
dom, because, under the provisions of the bill, slave
ry could not enter into the Territories. 1 recollect
more distinctly a discussion which I had with the
honorable Senator from mv State, [Mr. Pugh,l in the
district of my colleague, [Mr. Nichols,] and in his
presence, in which the honorable Senator took the
ground of the Nicholson letter, that slavery could
not exist anywhere without positive enactment; that
as there was no positive law creating slavery in the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, slavery could
not, under the provisions of that bill, exists there. I
had the pleasure, too, of making addresses in e very
district in the State of Michigan, behind the distin
guished Senator to whom allusion hasbeeu made by
the honorable member from the Detroit district., [Mr.
Howard,] who was also canvassing the State. I
have in my possession his speeches, as reported at
the time,in which he took the ground of the Nichol
son letter, claiming, in those speeches, that if a slave
holder, under the provisions of the Kansas Nebraska
act, takes his slave property across the line into
Kansas, the shackles fall from him the moment ho
crosses that line, and the slave stands there as free
as ids master.
A Georgia Widow. — The following anecdote of a
Georgia Widow is copied from “ Phanixiana a
» work just issued from the props. The anecdoto in ro
-1 latcd by a certain Squire, who proceeds thus :
> “Oh I” says the Squire, “I wish I wan married,
and well over it. I dread it powerful. I’d like to
marry a widow. I alien* liked widow*, since I
5 know'd one down in Georgia, that suited my idea*
■ adzactly.
, “About a week after her husband died, she start
ed down to the grave yard, wlior they plauted of
him, a* she rend the perseriptiouon to his monument,
i When she got there, she stood a minute a-look
■ ing at the stones which was put at each end of the
. grave, with an epithed on ’em that the minister had
- writ for her. Then she burst out, ‘Oh ! boo !” says
f she: ‘Jones, lie was the best of men. I remember
> how the last time he come home, about a week ago,
i ho brought down from town some sugar and a lit tle
* tea, and some store-goods for lots of little
f necessaries, and a lit tie painted boss for deems, which
that blessed little child got his mouth all yaller with
t sucking of it; and then lie kissed the children all
i ronnd, and took down that good old fiddle of his’n,
and played up that good old • uuc :
“Hake her down, Sal, oh ! rang-dang-diddle,
Oh ! rang-dang-diddle, dang, dung, da !"
Ship Wreck.—A marine correspondent of the
New York Herald writes as follows :—“Long Branch,
Jan. 2.—The schooner Grace Darling, of Salem,
Mass., from Savannah, Captain Boyington, with
flour, wheat, corn, lumber, &c., came on shore at
Long Branch, Jan. 2at 4 o’clock P. M. I boarded
hear at 5 o’clock, and saved the crew, six in all, but
, nothing else. She lies broadside on, and will proba
| bly be a total loss.”
Virginia Central Railroad.—Hie heavy fill]
’ of snow has obstructed tho travel on this road for
f several days, but the track is now clear, and trains
* will run through as usual. The wind blew directly
across the track during tho snow storm, and thus
. filled tho cuts with drifts, which it was found almost
impossible to break through. The mails are in from
* Washington and Staunton. Tho passage over the
[ mountain at Itockfish Gap was, we learn as easily
i accomplished as over any other part of the road.
■■
i Snow.— Tho Raleigh Register of tho 9th lust.,
says : We were visited onjFridny and Saturday wit h
tho heaviest fall of Snow that we have known in
this region for many yearn past. It still lies about
six inches deep on the ground, affording fiue sleigh
ing,—a novel enjoyment with us. Our citizens, al
most generally, seem to have availed ’themselves of
it, and on every side the merry jingle of bolls is
heard.
The snow has laid a complete embargo upon the
mails in every direction.
Anti-Nebraski Democrats. —The Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald informs us
that about thirty of the Democratic members of the
present Congress are anti-Nebraska —nearly half
of the whole number. If this be so, what claims
have the Democracy to be considered a national
party, more than any other 1
Virginia Debt.—The following letter addressed
by the Second Auditor of the State to the Speaker
of the House of Delegates, gives a concise statement
of the indebtedness of Virginia :
Sir: In reply to a resolution adopted by the llousv
1 of Delegates on the 7th day of December, 1855, 1
beg leave to report that the amount of the registered
debt of Virginia is' $11,490,742.03, of which $8,006,-
243.81 is held in this State, $806,089 in other Suites
of the Union, and $2,678,409.22 in Europe. The
Commonwealth has issued $13,193,000 of coupon
bonds, of which $11,193,000 are payable in the city
of New York and $1,875,000 in London. Very re
spectfully, &c.,
WM. L. Jackson, Second Auditor.
In Boston, for the year 1855, 217 inquests have
been held—a considerable increase over those of the
year 1854. The causes of death in those cases
were ascertained to be as follows: Intemperance
44 ; drowned 36; suicide 26; sudden 22; homicide
18; railroad accidents 20; accidents 39; infants
found dead in the street, 12.
The total number of men shipped at the United
States naval rendezvous in Philadelphia, for the
year 1855, was 850. They were seamen ordinary
seamen, and a few apprentices. About one third
of those presenting themselves were passed, and re
ceived into the seivice. The increased pay in the
navy, with three months' leave of absence, after a
cruise, with an honorable discharge, and full pay,
and the abolition of corporal punishment, have
made the naval service much sought after, and
gtves the government the choice of the best men.
From the Tenth Quarterly Report of the Mercan
tile Library Association of New-York, we learn that
during the last three months they have delivered to
their members no less than 30,825 volumes, and that
the number of persons visiting the Reading Room
during the same time was 27,728. Number of vol
umes now in the Library, 76,000. Number of peri
odicals and newspapers supplied in the Reading
Room, 200.
The Sandersville Georgian says a heavy fail of
hail occurred near Davisboro’, in Washington coun
ty, Christmas day. The hail stones were of irregu
lar shape, and some of them are described as being
as large as tho egg of a goose. The water Courses
throughout the entire upcountry of this State have
been very full.
Mortality in large Cities. —The mortality statis
tics of four large cities for the last year present the
following results: The total number of deaths in
New York was 23,107 ; in Philadelphia 10,686; in
Baltimore 5,475; and in Boston 4,075.
Filibusters. —Nine persona, all Irish, were ar
rested at Cincinnati, on Friday last, for a violation
of the neutrality laws. They were held to bail until
Monday. The impression prevails there tliat they
are acting in concert with parties at New York and
elsewhere, having for their object a descent upon
Ireland.
At the recent Exhibition in Paris, a locomotive
weighing sixty tons was produced, with ten feet <
driving wheels, the construction of a French house, ,
and said to be capable of attaining a spaed of a him- t
dred and fifty miles an hour.
A Suspicious Armed Vessel in the Gulf !
Stream. —The ships W'eetmoreland, of Philadelphia, J
and the Sultana, of New York, were recently chased 1
for some distance in the Gulf Stream by an armed c
brig showing Spanish colors. The brig hauled to un
der the Westmoreland, but she outsailed her, and the
suspicious vessel followed the Sultana for half an 0
hour, and then told the captain he “might go,” after rt
firing a shot at her, without replying to the question, <J
“Why ee thus insulted the American flag ?” p
Captain Stone, of the Plymouth Rock, was on a d
holiday visit to Cincinnati, when that steamer ran t
ashore, and her marine policy of insurance is therefore
void, as it is expressly stipulated that the boat shall j
not sail without her commander. Estimated loss, t
SIOO,OOO, and the same company have just lost $25,- l
000 by an accident to tho Y andorbilU t
! fen* '
‘ The late Know Storm find Weather North,
Those Os our readers, who have never enjoyed the
> bmiriesof a Northern Winter, will bo interested in the
- following account, clipped from our exchanges, of
t tllo storm and weather. The mow storm
i of Friday and Saturday the 4th and sth inst., cx
v tended over a very largo portion of the Union.
" York.— The pappem of Monday the 7th
thus speaks of It: Saturday atlomoon snow oon
! monojdto fall hero and before Sunday dawned,
3 7* ew \ ork was buried under a white mantle, from
, two to throe feet deep. lor years our city has not
t experienced such a snotr storm, and ourstreets have
, been rendered nearly impassible thereby,
j The snow was accompanied by n strong N. E
j gale, which blew with great fury until early .Sunday
. morning, drifting the snow, which was very light to
the depth, in some places, of four and even six feet,
j The city railroads we./ 1 blocked up as early us ten
o'clock on Saturday night, and f. uud great difli-ulty
x in running beibre that time. All sorts of vehicles
, were in great demand, and during the early part of
.. the evening the cars and omnibuses w« i • then*by so
j crowded with passengers as to resoluble bee-hives
in Bwarming time, more than anything « sc wo can
* compare them to. Ft dcstrianism v is decidedly a
' difficult task during the afternoon and evening.
Omnibuses were choked off early, ami the ferry -
1 boats generally ceased running after midnight, hun
dreds of people being forced to remain on this side
’ all night.
Sunday morning, as may be supposed, the eJmreh
‘ es were father slimly attended. In the lower parts
J. of the city, tho narrower streets are nearly impassa
ble, especially where the snow have bet n shovelled
J oft* the sidew. iks and piled up iuto the carriage ways;
“! it is rather uiy;< usant to contemplate what their
condition will be should a sudden thaw come on. —
In the upper and fashionable wards, many gangs of
: t poor men made good wages by clearing av av tho
~ snow, which had almost buried somo of tUe owe.l
- iegs. As pvop’.o began to "o out, carefully picking
. their way in the footsteps ofthoso who had preceded
them, narrow alley-ways wore beaten iu tuc snow,
’ and th use on one side of the street could barely see
more t’uau the heads and shoulders of thoeo on tho
‘j other.
, The gas companies very liberally allowed th" eor-
I poration lamps to buru until high noon on Sunday,
\ although the weather had clean doff most b» ii'iuntly,
' and the most dazzling brightness was e eeiywhcro
prevalent. Many of the street lumps presented a
1 droll appearance —covered as they wv . with long
l- icicles and half melted snow, with the mournful
j light of a gas burner within, struggling lo contend
1 w]th ovorpoweiiug the glare of the sun upon tho
snow.
L * In Brooklyn. —Th© heavy snow storm on Satur
'l day liiriit drifted into embankments of fr« , »hree to
» six and seven feet in height, leaving tho streets
1 quite bare in some places, and render!., g travel by
h means of vehicles impossible. The cm. maiitq dto
1 creep along v. i:li double teams till about eleven
13 o’clock, when they were compelled to held up. Tho
snow-plough to clear the track was buried i a drift
of snow on Myrtle avenue, aud had to be aban
doned.
I Eastward; —ln Boston the snow fell Saturday
1 night to the depth of two feet, and heavily drifted.
In Halifax a furious gale prevailed, and snow fell
* to the depth off« ur feet.
* In Springfield, M ans., snow fell to tho depth of a
foot, blocking up all the trains duo then*.
* New York, Jm. B.—Tlmt venerable geulleinan,
“the oldest inhabitant," can se::;ee!y i\ e.f.lcct when
“ our streets were so thoroughly packed wiih,snow
y as they are just now. In the narrow thoroughfares
° the embankments are so high us to render th«* loo*-
'■ motion of the v< hides an impossibility. Nassau
® street, from Fulton to Maiden Lane, Cedar, and
Jf portion of Wall street, are iu this predicament.
I Wall street iu some places is under snow five feet
l | The snow in the Bergen Cut, between .Tersy City
y and Newark, is piled lip mountains high, almost.
w Scores of meu are at work, however, clearing tho
" track. The rivers aud harbors are full of floutiug
ic< —so that, all in all travelling is a dilfieuk thing,
0 either afloat or ashore.
The sleighing is rather indifferent ns yet, notwith
-0 standing that Broadway has been crowded during
. H the day with all sorts of sleighs, yet the road has
' not become fairly broken, and the streets in some
portions resemble a country highway. The snow
I I has been only beaten down'just sufficient to per-
H mit two sleighs to pass abreast, with high embank
” men fa on either side.
V- Philadelphia, dan. B—Our streets throughout yes
.. terday were alive with the merry jingle of sleigh
bdls. Every sort of vehicle suited to the occasion,
.[ from the “rough and ready” to the magnificent, was
e placed in requisition. Cm snut street was partieu
-0 larly gav, and * vcral upsets and collisions took
■ place. Tho omnibus sleighs on the principal routes,
(1 realized quite a harvest. Sleighing in Philadelphia
. and its neighborhood is a novelty, and thus, when
on opportunity is afforded, there ih quite a rush tor
e the enjoyment.
d Philadelphia o.—The 4 and 6 o’clock New
I York trains of yesterday for this city were detained
y on the rood all last night. The -1 o clock train did
i- not leave Trenton in consequence of an obstruction
y of the track by the drifting of tho snow coving to the
r. high wind. The'passengeis were transferred to the
I (i o'clock train when it came up, and this was started
it from Trenton with two locomotives. At t o’clock
1- this morning tho train lmd only reached Conner’*
•- Creek, some two miles above Camden, whore both
a locomotives were frozen up by the fu < -zing «d the
U water in the tender and pumps. Finally passengers
c were transferred to sleighs sent to their relict Irom
c tins city and they reached here at fi <• < Wk Buffering
severely from exposure to the intense cold. One "1
the locomotives became partially burnt from tho
ii attempt made to thaw out the pumps. •
No trains were despatched this morning, but tue
1 road will probably be cleared this afternoon.
‘ At 7 o’clock this morning the thermometer was
below zero. At JO o’clock (he mercury had only
» reached in above zero.
> Two afternoon trains on tho Trenton road were
f also frozen up near TulJybnvn, and the passengers
' to Trenton in sleighs.
Philadelphia, Jan. 9.—The train yvhioli left this
city at 9 o’clock hist, night for Baltimore, in detained
by snow drifting on the track this side of the Sus
quphannah. 'lhcrc is u*> prospect of tho train start
ing for several hours. N«» mails have been sent out
from this end of the road this morning.
The early train from New-York has arrived, but
1 up to this hour we have received no inti lhgenee of
tlie train which left here last night at II o’clock for
Baltimore, beyond tho fact that it is, «r v, hs frozen
uj) in a snow drill somewhere between Wilmington
and the Susquehanuuh river. The officers of tho
company say there is no difficulty at the Susquehan-
J nnh river.
Philadelphia, dan. 10.—The Pilot Line and four
o’clock train from New York of yesterday, arrived
here at 9 o’clock this morning. Both trains readied
a point I l miles above Camden, when the engines
were unable to move further with the trains. The
engineer and conductor of*one of the trains then left
with an engine and tender only for Camden, to ob«
) tain assistance. t
, During the absence of this train the wood gave
out, and the passengers, in order to keep up the fire
in the stoves, had to tear down fences in the neigh
-1 borhood, and finally they had to use the woodwork
l of the car, and completely demolished of the
[ handsomest'passenger r- is belonging to the compa
nv, to prevent thenlsclves from iVeezing to death !
' Finally a freight Irain came u]> and pushed the pas
senger cars ahead slowly until they reached Camden
about 9 o'clock.
| The train which left here for Baltimore at nine
r o’clock this morning was blocked up by snow diifi
ed and frozen to the track toy a foot d< p and fi»
more than a mil© in length. There is no chance of
y trains reaching Baltimore from tins city,
s Jan. 10, P. M.—Two locomotives le vc been star*
lt ted from the Baltimore depot to the a*«si; tai »•• '.{ the
morning train, which is stuck in a hu..w drift six
n miles below Wilmington. Six miles furth u- down
o there is another in tho same condition. The Sus
y quclianna river is passable, but no inmc trains
will be started until there is some surety of getting
through.
Later.—-Tho. train for Baltimore, which left here
» this morning and was stopped by the snow (ii ill be
i vond Wilmmglon, was brought back t-» this city
, this afternoon by four locomotives! While crossing
the bridge at Grey’s Ferry one engine ran off tho
track on the draw unJ was within a foot of going
over into the river!
A train from Wilmington is still detniued th tho
f snow, six miles from Grey’s Ferry.
Jan. 11—The trains from New York,of l -r! night
and this morning, lutve arrived. No trains were,
despatched to Baltimore to day.
Baltimore, Jan. 11.—No Eastern mail received
here to-day. No train left for Philadelphia last night
or to-day. Communication is opeft with the West.
Weather moderating.
Norfolk, Jan. 7.—The weather here on Saturday
and Saturday night was terrific. At 7 o’clock, P.
* M., it commenced snowing, which continued through
the night. The snow* is several inches deep.
The disasters, ns far as I have been able to as
certain, are as follows: The schooner Fish-hawk,
Lord, from New York, for this port, in ballast, went
ashore on Lynhnven Bay, on Saturday night; crew
all saved; vessel will be gotten off. At the same
’ time and place the selmo * r Eliza Mourning, from
Staten Island, bound to Norfolk, went ashore; she
. caught on lire, and was entirely burnt up ; it is sup
supposed the lire was communicated by the upset
ting of the cabin stove ; no lives lost.
Buffalo, Jan. 10.—The storm is tmubated here,
though tiie temperature of the atmosphere, is mode
rating. The Luke Shore Rond is blocked with snow
and the train which left Cleveland on Monday be
. came disabled in a snow drift some twenty miles
, out. Five locoir.otiv. s were sent out to-day to
clear the truck. The Buffalo City Railroad ih also
blocked up, add no trains passed over it cither yes
terday or to-day.
Chicago, Jan. 10.—The cold continues-intense
here. The thermometer is ten degrees below
zero.
Frankfort, Ky., January 10.—Weather very
cold. Thermometer 10 degrees below zero tins
morning.
Marietta. Ohio, Jan. B.—The river here i<; frozen
tight. The cold is intense. At sunrise this morning
the thermometer indicated H u below /.• ro.
Cincinnati, dan. 9.—Mercury lu-re i idicatcd 10°
below zero this morning at 8 o’clock. A! Springfield
at daylight this morning the thermometer was 20°
below zero!
Washington, Jan. 9.—At 8 o’clock this morning
the thermometer was only IP above zero. Tho
The Southern mail has not arrived, and the New
York mail of Tuesday h id not reached hel p at
10 o’ckick this morning. No mails have passed be
tween Petersburg and Columbia since the snow
storm.
The river line i« in order, and the cars are running
from Aquia Creek to Richmond. The ice boat cut
her way through ice six inches thi -k in coining up
from tin* creek last night. She rnsde the run ./> miles
in five hours. The .Southern mail line is not yet in
order.
At Richmond Vo., on the lOth, the thormmotcr
was 7to below zero, and the James River was
completely blocked up with ice for miles, aud ua.
vigation, both above and below was entirely sus
pended.
In Nashville the same day at 7 o’clock, A. TV!., tho
mercury was 4° below zero, and the Cumberland
river full of floating ice.
This state of tho weather will account for the
universal detention and confusion of the mails.
Coltdi’* Allas of the World*
It was our purpose, but we have not had time, to
call the attention of ogr citizens (we did tiffs some
months ago,) to this roost valuable work, which
should find a place in every family and library. Buy
while you may, ns the agent is now in Augusta.
We shall refer to it more fully in'our next. Nov/, we
can ouly say, it surpasses iu excellence any similar
work ever issued.
fifls*- «lore and Belter (ins.
The Savannah Republican, a few days since, fe
licitated itself, that it could praise the Gas furnished
by the Savannah Company. We should rejoice to
be able, with truth, to extend a like compliment to
the Augusta Company. Now, we cun only say, the
quality is miserable, and wofolly deficient in
quantitity. _
Augusta akd Waxuxsboro’ Railroad.—At on
election held the 7th in»t., for Directors of the Au
gusta ami Waynesboro’ Road for the ensuing year,
the following gentlemen were duly elected: Francis
T. Willis, A. li. Lawton, John Stoddard, R. A. Al
len, James P. Screven, R. H. Gardner, Jr., John C.
Poythress. At a subnequent meeting of the Board,
Francis T. Willis was unanimously re-elected Presi
dent.
The Missouri Legislature has adjourned after
passing not less than 770 acts. Amongst them was
one to loaD to the Pacific Railroad Company the
sum of $250,000 for four months, to meet the imme
diate wants of the company; and another which
prevents the foiling or giving away of liquor on Sun
day, on penalty of forfeiture of license, and inability
to obtaiu a new one, for two years.
Dio.v Bourcicault, the popular Dramatist,
produced last week, at New Orleaus, his new com
edy of ‘ Violet, or the Life of an Actress.” The
papers in that city arc very warm iff their praises
of it,